Eddie Huless Gilpin v. United States

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Miranda requires, as a minimum, that law enforcement officers give certain specific warnings to an accused before a confession may be deemed voluntary. 1 Failure of the interrogating officers to give all of the Miranda-bundle of warnings will destroy the voluntariness of the confession. The courts must therefore dissect a custodial warning to see if all parts are present, properly composed, and add up to adequate notice of an accused’s pre-confession right. Here, failure of a police officer to warn an accused that he is entitled to an attorney during an interrogation…