Soolook v. State

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

After trial by jury Reginald Soolook was found guilty of the crime of murder in the second degree. 1 Appellant was thereafter sentenced to life imprisonment. The primary issue in this appeal involves the trial court’s admission into evidence of two separate confessions which were made by appellant. It is argued that these confessions should have been excluded because prior to appellant’s confessions the law enforcement authorities involved failed to comply with the criteria announced in Miranda v. State of Arizona. 2

The record shows that on the morning of February…