Review the following cases and write a persuasive research paper that addresses the topic of whether the police and law enforcement should be able to contact criminal defendants who are in custody and who already had counsel appointed to represent them.
In 2009, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Montejo v. Louisiana, which essentially focuses on the ability of the police to go and speak with an in-custody defendant about the facts of his case, after he has been appointed an attorney on the case. The Montejo opinion discusses a defendant’s rights under […]