People v. Rollins

The present appeal requires us to determine once again1 which cases are to be governed in this state by the principles set forth in Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) 378 U.S. 478 [12 L.Ed.2d 977, 84 S.Ct. 1758], and to decide for the first time2 which cases, among those governed by Escobedo, should also be subject to the more detailed guidelines enunciated in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436 [16 L.Ed.2d 694, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 10 A.L.R.3d 974],

The trial in this case began on May 13, 1963. Defendant, George Pulton Rollins, and his codefendants, Willie Slater and John Palmer, were charged with two…