Cooper v. State

Appellant appeals his conviction for failure of a sex offender to provide truthful or accurate information regarding his address, claiming the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his confession. The issue presented is whether the detective’s question to appellant was likely to elicit an incriminating response and, therefore, required the administration of Miranda warnings. We answer the question in the affirmative and reverse.

Appellant was required as a convicted sex offender to register his home address with law enforcement in 2006 and 2007. The address appellant provided was…