Legal Opinion

State v. Burge

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 26, 1986No. 86-K-1044Published

1Opinion of the Court

493 So.2d 1204 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Michael BURGE.

No. 86-K-1044.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 26, 1986.

Denied. The result is correct.

CALOGERO, J., would grant the writ.

2DissentDennis, J.

DENNIS, Justice, would grant.

The Miranda warnings have been incorporated into Article 1, section 13 of the 1974 Louisiana constitution. This court, in State v. Welch, 337 So.2d 1114 (La.1976) recognized this elevation of the Miranda warning to constitutional status. The proper inquiry provided by Welch is "whether the conditions that rendered the earlier confession inadmissable carried over to invalidate the…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. WelchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  2. State v. NapierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  3. State v. YoungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986

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