Duckworth v. Eagan

Duckworth v. Eagan was a 1989 decision by the United States Supreme Court dealing with police behavior when issuing the Miranda warning.

The Court's decision was seen as weakening the Miranda protections, as it held that it was not necessary that the warnings be given in the exact form described in Miranda v. Arizona, provided that the warnings as a whole fully informed the suspect of his or her rights.