State v. Morse

GORDON, Justice:

Defendant James Edward Morse II was convicted by a jury of theft of a motorcycle, found by the trial judge to have had a prior felony conviction, and sentenced to four years in the Arizona State Prison.

On appeal to the Court of Appeals, defendant raised six issues for review: (1) statements made by defendant to an investigatory officer before defendant was given Miranda warnings were improperly admitted into evidence, (2) the court’s refusal to instruct the jury to disregard such statements denied defendant due process, (3) the court erred by instructing the jury that…