Using Comments by Suspect Who Limited Right to Stay Silent Valid

The constitutional right to remain silent wasn’t violated when incriminating comments a suspect made after limiting what he would talk about without a lawyer were used against him, the Third Circuit said Tuesday.

James Rought told an FBI agent in Pennsylvania that he wouldn’t talk about supplying fentanyl to his friend, Dana Carichner, who died from an overdose, but allowed the conversation to continue about his supplier and the scourge of drug use generally. After about 20 minutes, however, he brought Carichner back up and said he’d gotten high using the same dope with Carichner before he died.

Rought’s motion ...