State of Iowa v. Zyriah Henry Floyd Schlitter

I concur with the balance of the majority opinion but dissent on the question of whether Schlitter was subjected to an unwarned interrogation contrary to Miranda v. Arizona under the United States and Iowa Constitutions. 384 U.S. 436, 444-45, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 1612, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, 706-07 (1966).

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

The record reveals that law enforcement officers requested Schlitter to come to the state patrol office for questioning in connection with the death of his daughter. Schlitter drove himself to the station. He was then escorted to an interrogation room. The…