Philpot v. State

*99 Response to Questions Certified by the Court of Appeals.

The following is in response to your inquiry as above set out.

Questions A. 1. and A. 2.

A. 1. In Johnson v. New Jersey, No. 762, June 20, 1966, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that the new rules enacted in Miranda v. Arizona, Nos. 759, 760, 761, and 584, June 13, 1966 [384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694], *100apply only to cases in which the trial began after June 13, 1966.

We are, therefore, of opinion that in trials begun prior to June 13, 1966, the state is not required to show, as a predicate to the admission of…