United States v. Jackson

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether the Constitution requires the exclusion of physical evidence that was discovered on the basis of a defendant’s voluntary statement elicited without the warnings required by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). While he sat in the back of a police car, Brian Devon Jackson admitted to his probation officer that the officer would find a firearm in Jackson’s bedroom. Police officers recovered the firearm, and a grand jury charged Jackson with firearm possession by a convicted felon. 18 U.S.C. §…