'I Need to Talk to an Attorney:' Idaho Man Denied Relief Despite Miranda Violation, Federal Judge Holds
“This Court reaches its conclusion with deep misgivings,” U.S. District Judge for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill wrote. “Vega denies individuals like Dr. Moore the ability to seek a remedy for violations of their Fifth Amendment right to counsel. In so doing, ‘[t]he majority here, as elsewhere, injures the right by denying the remedy.’ It is illogical and perverse to insist that the Constitution guarantees a right while stripping the people of their ability to hold government officials civilly accountable for violating it.”