State v. Brown

This case involves the validity of a warrantless arrest and its impact on defendant’s post-arrest statements to the police.

The police relied on invalid arrest warrants when they set out to arrest defendant Daniel Brown, at his girlfriend’s apartment, for his role in a string of armed robberies and car thefts. Upon hearing the officers knock at the door, Brown fled through an apartment window onto an adjacent roof. After a twenty-minute standoff, the police arrested him. Later at headquarters, Brown made incriminating statements after the police advised him of his Miranda 1 rights.

Brown…