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Facts of the case. While being held in jail, Perkins freely confessed to committing a murder to an undercover police officer who was posing as another inmate.
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. He was then charged with the murder.
Justice KENNEDY. 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. 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.
496 u.s. 292, 110 l. ed. 2d 243, 110 s. ct. 2394, 1990 u.s. lexis 2885, scdb 1989-102
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.
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.
