Legal Opinion

State v. Walton

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 2001PublishedCited by 488 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · BarkerBarker, J.

in which ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA, and HOLDER, JJ., joined.

Factual Background

The primary issue in this case is whether the appellee was subjected to custodial interrogation in violation of the requirements of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), when officers questioned him in response to his volunteered, but unwarned, statements. The Dyer County Circuit Court found that although the appellee was placed in custody, his statements to the *78police as to the location of stolen property were spontaneous, voluntary, and not the result of interrogation.…

3Cases cited59 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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4Cited by488 opinions

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  3. State v. HicksTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Steven Waters v. Reagan Farr, Commissioner of Revenue for the State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
  5. State of Tennessee v. Travis Kinte EcholsTennessee Supreme Court · 2012

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