Clark v. State

(specially concurring).

Although there was an error in the denial of the motion to suppress the defendant’s statement, the error was harmless.

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The detective gave defendant-appellant Clark full Miranda1 warnings, after which defendant stated in substance, “I’m not going to talk to you now because what I say could put me in jail for a long time. I’ll testify against Mark, but I want to talk to a lawyer.” 2

After ruling that the first sentence was admissible, the court gave the defense the option of having only that sentence admitted, or having both sentences admitted into evidence:

THE COURT: ...

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