People v. Rucker

Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

This appeal raises an important issue concerning whether the admission of evidence of two interviews between appellant and law *373enforcement officers, which was offered to rebut a defense of diminished capacity, violates the privilege against self-incrimination (U.S. Const., 5th Amend.; Cal. Const., art. I, § 15) and the principles first enunciated in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436 [16 L.Ed.2d 694, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 10 A.L.R.3d 974].

I

On July 31, 1976, some time between 7 and 7:30 p.m. a clerk at a See’s Candy Store in Redwood City was shot and killed during a robbery.…