Nat Villiam Wright v. State of North Carolina and David Henry, Warden, State's Prison

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

In this habeas proceeding, a North Carolina prisoner, convicted of rape, 1 challenges the constitutional admissibility of an inculpatory statement secured from him shortly after his arrest. There is no dispute that the petitioner was given a warning — in fact, two warnings — before his statement was taken. It is the petitioner’s contention that the warning as given was inadequate in form itself to advise him adequately of his rights as mandated by Miranda; 2 he goes further and urges that, even if the warning were technically sufficient in form to satisfy…