| United States v. Patane | |
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| Argued December 9, 2003 Decided June 28, 2004 | |
| Full case name | United States v. Samuel Francis Patane |
| Docket no. | 02-1183 |
| Citations | 542 U.S. 630 (more) 124 S. Ct. 2620; 159 L. Ed. 2d 667; 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4577; 72 U.S.L.W. 4643; 2004 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 482 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | On writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Tenth Circuit |
| Holding | |
| Physical evidence obtained from un-Mirandized statements, as long as those statements were not forced by police, are constitutionally admissible, although the actual statements may not be. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Plurality | Thomas, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia |
| Concurrence | Kennedy (in judgment), joined by O'Connor |
| Dissent | Souter, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg |
| Dissent | Breyer |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. V | |
United States v. Patane, 542 U.S. 630 (2004), was a United States Supreme Court case relating to Miranda warnings.