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Decided June 4, 1990. 496 U.S. 292. Syllabus. Police placed undercover agent Parisi in a jail cellblock with respondent Perkins, who was incarcerated on charges unrelated to the murder that Parisi was investigating. When Parisi asked him if he had ever killed anybody, Perkins made statements implicating himself in the murder.
A case brief of Illinois v. Perkins, a Supreme Court decision on whether Miranda warnings are required when an undercover agent asks questions that could result in incriminating statements. The majority held that Miranda warnings are not required, while the dissent argued that police deception violated the suspect's Fifth Amendment rights.
ILLINOIS v. LLOYD PERKINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1990. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1990. In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.
Perkins was in jail on suspicion for murder. His cellmate (and prison snitch), Charlton, told police that Perkins had confessed to him. The police put an undercover officer, Parisi, in the jail cell, under the guise of being another prisoner.
20 lut 1990 · establish that Defendant Perkins in this case perceived no pressures whatsoever to speak when making his incriminating statements, but, rather, he was simply killing time with boastful admissions to those whom he believed to be co-conspirators in a jail break. After detailing how the privilege against self
Justice Kennedy. delivered the opinion of the Court. An undercover government agent was placed in the cell of respondent Perkins, who was incarcerated on charges unrelated to the subject of the agent’s investigation. Respondent made statements that implicated him in the crime that the agent sought to solve.
Illinois v. Perkins, 496 U.S. 292 (1990), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that held that undercover police agents did not need to give Miranda warnings when talking to suspects in jail.
