People v. Rolland

OPINION OF THE COURT

Nicholas Figueroa, J.

This case deals with a novel issue concerning the scope of a Miranda rights waiver, which defendant, a prison inmate, claims was limited to the narrow purpose of enabling him to discuss a fictional crime he concocted to obscure his involvement in the felony murder of a former police officer. Defendant also argued that his earlier un-Mirandized prison interview, during which he was ostensibly interviewed as a friendly witness, was improper, and tainted a subsequent post -Miranda interview. A secondary issue concerned the sufficiency of defendant’s…