Legal Opinion
North Carolina v. Butler
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 24, 1979No. 78-354PublishedCited by 1,872 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
In evident conflict with the present view of every other court that has considered the issue, the North Carolina Supreme Court has held that Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436, requires that no statement of a person under custodial interrogation may be admitted in evidence against him unless, at the time the statement was made, he explicitly waived the right to the presence of a lawyer. We granted certiorari to consider whether this per se rule reflects a proper understanding of the Miranda decision. 439 U. S. 1046.
The respondent was convicted in a North Carolina trial court of kidnaping,…
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