Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

King v. Bureau of Indian Affairs

118 S. Ct. 249

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1997-10-06
Topic
general

holding that statements made by a victim to-police officers after she was shot were admissible under the “excited utterance” exception as they described the circumstances surrounding the shooting and immediately followed the shooting | holding that a human-made tributary fell under the Act | noting that "the rule of Miranda applies only where a defendant is subjected to custodial interrogation," and that, "similarly, N.C.G.S. § 7A-595(d) [now N.C.G.S. § 7B-2101(a)] pertains only to statements obtained from a juvenile defendant as the result of custodial interrogation" | noting that “the rule of Miranda applies only where a defendant is subjected to custodial interrogation,” and that, “similarly, N.C.G.S. § 7A-595(d) [now N.C.G.S. § 7B-2101(a)] pertains only to statements obtained from a juvenile defendant as the result of custodial interrogation” | upholding conclusion that defendant was not in custody where he was told several times that he was not under arrest and was free to leave, and defendant signed a statement including a clause to that effect | statute "pertains only to statements obtained from a juvenile defendant as the result of custodial interrogation" | statute “pertains only to statements obtained from a juvenile defendant as the result of custodial interrogation” | to detain a person is to “arrest, ... to delay, to hinder, to hold, or keep in custody” | "[The North Carolina Supreme Court] has consistently held that the rule of Miranda applies only where a defendant is subjected to custodial interrogation."

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.