Montejo v. Louisiana | |
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Argued January 13, 2009 Decided May 26, 2009 | |
Full case name | Jesse Jay Montejo, Petitioner v. Louisiana |
Docket no. | 07-1529 |
Citations | 556 U.S. 778 (more) 129 S. Ct. 2079; 173 L. Ed. 2d 955; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 3973 |
Case history | |
Prior | affirmed 974 So. 2d 1238 (La. 2008), vacated and remanded |
Holding | |
A defendant may validly waive his right to counsel for police interrogation, even if police initiate the interrogation after the defendant's 6th Amendment right to counsel had attached at an arraignment or similar proceeding. Michigan v. Jackson is overruled. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Scalia, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito |
Concurrence | Alito, joined by Kennedy |
Dissent | Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg; Breyer (except footnote 5) |
Dissent | Breyer |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. VI | |
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings | |
Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625 (1986) |
Montejo v. Louisiana, 556 U.S. 778 (2009), is a 5–4 decision by the United States Supreme Court that overruled the Court's decision in Michigan v. Jackson.[1] The case concerned the validity of a defendant's waiver of his right to counsel during a police interrogation. In reversing Jackson, the Court said such a waiver was valid.[2]
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