Moore v. United States

KELLY, Associate Judge:

This appeal of a conviction for robbery, 1 presents the issue of whether the arresting police officer inadequately advised appellant of his Miranda 2 rights, thereby rendering inadmissible during the government’s case-in-chief his inculpatory statement made in response to questioning by a second police officer shortly following his arrest. We conclude that the warnings were indeed inadequate and accordingly reverse appellant’s conviction.

Around lunchtime on April 5, 1979, Special Police Officer Harold Robinson heard screams coming from the stationery department at…