State v. Needham

KEITH, Chief Justice.

The defendant is charged with arson. The issue on this pretrial state’s appeal is whether the trial court was justified in suppressing defendant’s confession pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). The trial court reasoned that suppression was required because the state, although eliciting testimony at the omnibus hearing that a “Miranda warning” was read to the defendant before the defendant was questioned, failed to elicit specific testimony as to the contents of the warning. The court of appeals affirmed. We reverse the…