State v. Vickers

Defendant’s statements made to police' officers while in custody were inculpatory since they placed him at the scene of the crime and placed in his possession the weapon described by the State’s; chief witness as having been used in the perpetration of the robbery. Upon the defendant’s objection to the. introduction of the statements, the trial judge simply overruled the objection and did not hold a voir dire hearing to determine the voluntariness of defendant’s statements.

The case of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, is not applicable to the instant case since trial of this case had begun…