Rankin v. State

In quashing the writ, we are not to be understood as agreeing with the rationale of the Court of Criminal Appeals’ opinion, 541 So.2d 577, (Part I), dealing with the issue whether the testimony of a police *583dispatcher was inadmissible as violative of the “Miranda rule” (Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966)). Without deciding whether this witness was acting on behalf of law enforcement officers or as a private citizen in obtaining an inculpatory statement from the defendant, we hold that the trial court’s admission of the evidence is otherwise sustainable…