State v. Martin

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

The issue here is whether there is reversible error in the failure of an interrogating police officer to give the warnings required in Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, prior to eliciting an exculpatory statement from appellant, who was in custody.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of possession of a narcotic drug: Cannabis Sativa, also called marijuana, by a verdict of a jury. Upon a finding of prior convictions, appellant was sentenced by the court to five years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections.

On September 28,…