People v. Bichara

BAKER, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part

The interrogation of defendant Armando Bichara presents a textbook violation of *917Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602 (Miranda ). Not only did the interviewing detectives refuse to honor defendant's unambiguous invocation of his right to cut off further questioning during the interrogation,1 the testimony of one of the detectives later at trial revealed a fundamental misunderstanding or unawareness of what Miranda and its progeny require.2 *1289I therefore concur in the judgment that the Miranda violation compels reversal of…