California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Elizalde, 166 Cal.Rptr.3d 16 (Cal. App. 2013):
25 Similarly, the court in United States v. Willock (D.Md.2010) 682 F.Supp.2d 512, 528529, observed that "[e]liciting information from an inmate about his gang affiliation solely for prison administrative purposes does not implicate Miranda . It is only when such information is used against the inmate in a prosecution thatMiranda warnings are required." (Id. at p. 533, fn. 26.)
26 In a similar case, United States v. Williams (D.D.C.2012) 878 F.Supp.2d 190, 210, the court found that a question that related "directly to [the defendant's] connection with evidence of criminal activity" did not fall within the booking exception, even if "the police may not have been fully aware" of the criminal activity of which the defendant was suspected.
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