Wayne County, Michigan
Amicus Curiae
Timothy A. Baughman, Counsel of Record Wayne County is the largest county in the State of Michigan and borders Oakland County, in which Van Chester Thompkins was accused of killing Samuel Morris. Timothy A. Baughman is chief of research, training, and appeals in the Wayne County prosecutor’s office. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 19, 2009. The purpose of Miranda v. Arizona (1966) was to provide an in-custody suspect with information the Court thought necessary to ensure that a decision to speak was made voluntarily,…
