People v. Middleton

OPINION OF THE COURT

Meyer, J.

A defendant who requests counsel after his arrest but then without provocation seeks to buy his way out by *477offering a bribe to the arresting officer may be questioned by the officer as to anything legitimately related to the bribe offer that would be asked by an officer intending to accept such an offer. Admission in evidence of such a bribe offer, of any repetition of it, of any statements made in answer to such inquiries, or of any contraband of which the officer learns through the answers to such inquiries violates neither defendant’s constitutional right to…