Supreme Court of the United States

J. D. B. v. North Carolina — Alito, J., Dissenting

June 16, 2011180 L. Ed. 2d 310

Summary

Justice Alito dissents from the decision to include age in the Miranda custody analysis. He argues that incorporating individualized characteristics like age erodes the objective clarity and certainty of the Miranda rule and that minors' rights are adequately protected under the existing voluntariness inquiry.