Missouri v. Seibert
Coverage of Missouri v. Seibert in the Nexus archive.
- Penultimate relists: papers, parents, and procedural puzzles
The Supreme Court is addressing relisted cases ahead of its final conference in October 2025, including Nielsen v. Watanabe on Bivens claims and McCarthy v. Hernandez regarding confession rules. The court reversed a lower court's decision in Hernandez and granted, vacated, and remanded cases in Newberry v. Texas and another case after prosecutors acknowledged errors.
- Court reimposes conviction of man found to have killed Etan Patz
The Supreme Court upheld Pedro Hernandez's conviction for the 1979 kidnapping and murder of Etan Patz, rejecting a lower court's order for a new trial. The case involved legal disputes over Hernandez's confession and its admissibility under Miranda rights and the 2004 Missouri v. Seibert ruling.
- Supreme Court thwarts release for New York man convicted of murdering 6-year-old
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court decision that allowed Pedro Hernandez's release after his 1979 conviction for murdering a 6-year-old boy in New York. The court ruled the Second Circuit improperly nullified Hernandez's conviction by applying the Missouri v. Seibert standard to jury instructions, stating the 2004 case did not require jury assessments of confession legality and that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 limited federal habeas relief.