People v. Dortch

Recent History

In People v White, 401 Mich 482; 257 NW2d 912 (1977), on which the majority relies, the self-confessed murderer, twice convicted, twice reversed, sought the shelter of the exclusionary rule, preMiranda, regarding involuntary confessions. Three separate recorded confessions plus one broadcast on network TV were suppressed. The officer’s testimony that he found the loot after "conversations with” defendant and his accomplice was likewise suppressed. This in spite of the high court’s opinion that an incriminating statement made by the defendant to a newsman and broadcast on…