Statments at NY Tax Mediation Conference Being Used In Criminal Trial
Asked on Apr 29th, 2013 on Criminal Law - New York
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Is this lawful, what about Miranda, etc. Taxpayer with attorney present, made statements made during meeting with New York State Tax Department Bureau of Conciliation and Mediation to reconcile the case, are now being used against the person who made the statements by a New York City DA in a criminal trial against the taxpayer for Grand Larceny II.
Yes they can. Miranda rights only have to be read when a person is being subject to "custodial interrogation". Furthermore in this case the person had an attorney
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