The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Poole, 794 F.2d 462 (9th Cir. 1986):
The Miranda rights protect against government overreaching in custodial interrogations. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 467, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 1624, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Once the suspect invokes his Miranda protections, the government cannot use any evidence obtained through custodial interrogation unless the suspect knowingly waives his rights. See id. at 479, 86 S.Ct. at 1630. 2 "[C]ustodial questioning constitutes interrogation whenever, under all circumstances involved in a given case, the questions are 'reasonably likely to
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