State v. G.O.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 124,676 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. G.O., Appellee. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protects the right of a person to remain silent, unless the individual chooses to speak in the unfettered exercise of the person's own will, and to suffer no penalty for such silence. Under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602,

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(1966), law enforcement officers must inform individuals subject…