Legal Question in Traffic Law in South Carolina
IN the state of SC do the police have to read you your miranda rights if you are arrested at the sight of an accident and did not have insurance and did not cause the accident
Asked on 1/22/14, 3:44 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Johnston
Law Offices of Robert J. Johnston
The police are not automatically required to read a person their Miranda rights. The law simply says if a person is arrested nothing they say can be used against him in court unless they've been read Miranda rights.
Answered on 1/23/14, 4:34 pm