People v. Carr

Is an admission of guilt made by defendant who had not been given Miranda 1 warnings during a Department of Corrections disciplinary hearing for a violation of department rules admissible at a subsequent criminal trial of defendant for the same offense? This question of first impression was answered by the trial court in the affirmative at defendant’s trial, where he was convicted by a jury on May 23, 1984, of felonious assault, MCL 750.82; MSA 28.277. On May 25, 1984, defendant pled guilty to a supplemental information charging him with a fourth felony offense. Sentenced to a term of from 8…