State v. O'NEILL

Forty years after Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), no rule of law is better understood by law enforcement officers than the duty to advise a suspect subject to custodial interrogation of his right to remain silent and his right to the assistance of counsel. Indeed, the term “Miranda rights” is now so familiar that it is part of our popular vocabulary and culture. Significantly, Miranda's guiding principles inform New Jersey’s privilege against self-incrimination.

In this case, two homicide detectives subjected defendant Michael A. O’Neill to a ninety-five…