Legal Opinion
State v. Curtis
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 15, 2002No. 19607-1-IIIPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
37 P.3d 1274 (2002)
STATE of Washington, Respondent,
v.
Bobby Ray CURTIS, Appellant.
No. 19607-1-III.
Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel One.
January 15, 2002.
Paul J. Wasson, Spokane, for Appellant.
John D. Knodell, III, Edward A. Owens, Ephrata, for Respondent.
SWEENEY, J.
The exercise of constitutionally guaranteed Miranda[1] rights must be without penalty. The State penalizes a defendant for asserting those rights when it introduces evidence of the defendant's exercise of Miranda rights as substantive evidence of guilt. In this case, the prosecutor invited an investigating officer to…
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