A basic tenet of the Reid Technique, as taught by John E. Reid and Associates, is that a custodial suspect must be advised of his rights prior to any questioning about a criminal act. If a custodial suspect invokes his right to an attorney, no further questioning can take place without the suspectÇs attorney being present.

In Missouri v Seibert, the US Supreme Court further clarifies the Miranda issue and cites Reid and Associates as a "law enforcement educator" that offers proper guidance regarding Miranda.

From the Court's decision: "It is not the case, of course, that law enforcement educators en masse are urging that Miranda be honored only in the breach. See, .... F. Inbau, J. Reid, & J. Buckley, Criminal Interrogation and Confessions 221 (3d ed. 1986) (hereinafter Inbau, Reid, & Buckley) (same); John Reid & Associates, Interviewing & Interrogation: The Reid Technique 61 (1991) (same). Most police manuals do not advocate the question-first tactic, because they understand that Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U. S. 298 (1985), involved an officer's good-faith failure to warn. See, e.g., Inbau, Reid, & Buckley 241 (Elstad's "facts as well as [its] specific holding" instruct that "where an interrogator has failed to administer the Miranda warnings in the mistaken belief that, under the circumstances of the particular case, the warnings were not required, ... corrective measures ... salvage an interrogation opportunity")."