Michigan v. Mosley

Michigan v. Moseley, 423 U.S. 96 (1975), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a criminal suspect's assertion of his right to remain silent after a Miranda warning does not preclude the police from re-Mirandizing him and questioning him about a different crime.

Michigan v. Mosley
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 6, 1975 Decided December 9, 1975
Full case name	Michigan v. Richard Bert Mosley
Citations	423 U.S. 96 (more) 96 S. Ct. 321; 46 L. Ed. 2d 313; 1975 U.S. LEXIS 100
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	Stewart, joined by Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist
Concurrence	White
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Marshall
Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Richard Bert Mosley was arrested in Michigan in connection with several robberies. Police Mirandized him and asked him questions about the robberies. He eventually asserted his right to remain silent and interrogation ceased. A few hours later, while Mosley was still being held, another officer interrogated him regarding a homicide. The officer read Mosley a fresh Miranda warning and Mosley then made statements that incriminated him. The Court held that the questioning on a different crime did not violate Mosley's right to remain silent. The Court reasoned that his Fifth Amendment rights were scrupulously honored when he ended questioning about the robberies. Given the significant time lapse and the fresh set of Miranda warnings, there was no violation of Mosley's Fifth Amendment rights.