Is State v. Knapp still good law?

Opinion · Wisconsin Supreme Court

State v. Knapp

285 Wis. 2d 86

Type: Opinion
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Date: 2005-07-14
Topic: general

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holding fruit derived from voluntary post failure-to-honor-a-request-for-counsel statement inadmissible under state constitution
agreeing "wholeheartedly" with the Patane dissenting opinion, stating that Patane extends "an unjustifiable invitation to law enforcement officers to flout Miranda where there may be physical evidence to be gained" (quoting Patane, 542 U.S. at 647 (Souter, J., dissenting))
physical evidence obtained as direct result of intentional Miranda violation excluded as “fruit of poisonous tree”

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STATE v. KNAPP,2005 WI 127

285 Wis.2d 86,700 N.W.2d 899

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Respondent, v. Matthew J.

KNAPP, Defendant-Respondent-Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

No. 2000AP2590-CR.

Oral argument February 16, 2005.

Decided July 14, 2005.

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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]Page 88

APPEAL from an order of the Jefferson County Circuit Court, Randy R. Koschnick, Judge.Reversed and cause remanded.

For the plaintiff-appellant-cross-respondent the cause was argued byWilliam L. Gansner, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs wasPeggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general.

For the defendant-respondent-cross-appellant there was a brief byRobert G. LeBell, Milwaukee, and oral argument byRobert G.LeBell.

¶ 1. LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.

This case is on remand from the United States Supreme Court,¹which vacated our decision inState v. Knapp,2003 WI 121,Page 89265 Wis. 2d 278,666 N.W. 2d 881(Knapp I). InKnapp I, this court concluded that physical evidence obtained as the direct result of aMiranda²violation is inadmissible when the violation was an intentional attempt to prevent the suspect from exercisingFifthAmendment rights.Id., ¶ 78. In light ofUnited States v. Patane,542 U.S. 630,124 S. Ct. 2620(2004), in which a plurality of the Court concluded that the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine does not extend to derivative evidence discovered as a result of a defendant's voluntary statements obtained withoutMirandawarnings, the United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded our decision for further consideration.

¶ 2. We conclude that the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine applies under the circumstances of this case under ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution. Where physical evidence is obtained as the direct result of an intentionalMirandaviolation, we conclude that our constitution requires that the evidence must be suppressed. Therefore, we reverse the circuit court's order.³

¶ 3. The following facts remain undisputed for purposes of this appeal. In the early morning hours of December 12, 1987, Resa Scobie Brunner (Resa) wasPage 90murdered in her home in Watertown, Wisconsin. On the afternoon of December 12, around 2 p.m., her husband, Ervin J. Brunner (Brunner), found Resa's body lying in their bedroom, beaten to death with a baseball bat.

¶ 4. An autopsy conducted the next day established Resa's time of death as between 2:15 and 4:30 a.m. Brunner claimed that he had been with another woman, Sharon Maas (Maas), the evening of December 11 and had slept at his parents' house in Clyman, Wisconsin, that night. Brunner told police that he and Maas were in a bar in Sullivan, Wisconsin, until 2 a.m., and then they drove directly to his parents' house without stopping in Watertown.

¶ 5. The police investigation revealed that on the night of Resa's murder, Knapp and Resa were seen drinking together in a Watertown bar and then eating together in a Watertown restaurant after the bar closed. When they were leaving the restaurant, although they got up to leave at the same time, Knapp left first, as Resa had to go back to pay her check.

¶ 6. On December 12, the police confirmed that Knapp was on parole, with a condition being that he not consume alcohol. When Knapp's parole officer learned that Knapp had been drinking, he ordered an apprehension request and requested that the police arrest Knapp.

¶ 7. On December 13, Detective Timothy Roets (Roets) of the Watertown Police Department went to Knapp's apartment to arrest him on the apprehension request. When Roets arrived at the inner-door to Knapp's apartment, he saw Knapp through the door's window and told Knapp to open the door because he had a warrant for Knapp's arrest on a parole violation. Knapp picked up a phone to call his attorney. Knapp eventually hung up the phone, stepped back, let RoetsPage 91in, and told Roets he was trying to call his attorney. Roets told Knapp that he had to go to the police station, but Roets never read Knapp theMirandawarnings.

¶ 8. Before leaving for the police station, Knapp and Roets went to Knapp's bedroom so Knapp could put on some shoes. While in the bedroom, Roets questioned Knapp about the clothes Knapp had been wearing the prior evening, and Knapp pointed to a pile of clothing on the floor. Roets seized the clothes and took Knapp to the police station.

¶ 9. In that pile of clothing was a blue sweatshirt. The sweatshirt contained human blood on one of the arm cuffs and near the top of the zipper. An analysis conducted in 1988 determined that Resa could not be eliminated as the source of the blood.

¶ 10. After Roets arrested Knapp and transported him to the police station, Roets questioned Knapp further but still did not give himMirandawarnings. Roets told Knapp that it was his responsibility to advise everybody of their constitutional rights that may have had contact with Resa just prior to her death. At that point, Knapp stated he did not want to write or sign any statements, as he had been previously told by an attorney not to speak to police. Roets still did not give theMirandawarnings, however. In response to questioning, Knapp told Roets about his whereabouts from the prior evening, including his encounter with Resa at a bar and how after the bar closed Resa talked him into getting something to eat. While walking to the restaurant, Knapp stated that he witnessed Resa get into a fight with another woman, from which Resa got a bloody nose. Knapp said that he helped her wipe away the blood by using the sleeve of his sweatshirt. When it occurred to Knapp that he was not being questioned as a witness but rather as a suspect, he again said hePage 92would not write or sign a statement without a lawyer. At that point, Roets took Knapp to a holding cell.

¶ 11. Given the little evidence the State had linking Knapp to the crime, 12 years passed before the State charged him for Resa's death. In the meantime, in addition to investigating Knapp's involvement, the police investigated others. Knapp asserts that a likely suspect of Resa's murder is her husband, Brunner. Prior to the time of the murder, Resa and Brunner had been married for only six months, and they told various witnesses that they were having marital problems. The night of Resa's murder, Brunner slept with Maas. The week before the murder, Brunner found Resa sitting with another man in his truck, dragged Resa out of the truck, and told police officers he would "knock her out" if he ever caught Resa cheating on him again. Additionally, Brunner told his stepdaughter the night of the murder that he and Resa were fighting. Earlier that evening Resa called her daughter and told her to go to their home and take the key off of the porch. Brunner admitted he might not have had a key to his home that evening. During a fight with a girlfriend a few years later, Brunner stated that he wished he "had a bat." Brunner also stated during a polygraph examination that he killed his wife.

¶ 12. Sometime in 1998, the Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) began investigating the case, and in the summer of 1999 it located new witnesses who implicated Knapp in Resa's murder. Knapp's ex-girlfriend, Sandra Huebner, stated that in 1995 Knapp battered her and said, "I'll do to you what I did to her." Also, Pedro Blas-Jasso told an investigator that Knapp confessed to him ten to 15 times that he killed Resa. Most significantly, while the 1988 analysis of Knapp's sweatshirt indicated that ResaPage 93could not be excluded as the source of the blood, recent forensic DNA tests established that the blood was Resa's.

¶ 13. On November 12, 1999, the State charged Knapp with first-degree intentional homicide for Resa's death. Knapp filed a motion to suppress, among other things, the sweatshirt that contained Resa's blood, making several arguments for its exclusion. Regarding the grounds involving the illegal fruit of aMirandaviolation, the following exchange between the State and Roets occurred:

[State]: In talking with him at the — in the office, I mean, you knew that he was in custody, right?

[Roets]: Yes, I did.

[State]: And you knew that, in order to interview him effectively in custody, you needed toMirandizehim, correct?

[Roets]: Yes, sir.

[State]: You knew you hadn't been able to do that, right?

[Roets]: That's correct.

[State]: But you continued to talk to him.

[Roets]: Yes, sir.

[State]: You were seeking information.

[Roets]: Yes, I was.

[State]: Were you trying to keep the lines of communication open?

[Roets]: Yes.

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¶ 14. On cross-examination, Knapp emphasized that Roets had not even given himMirandawarnings at the apartment through the following exchange:

[Counsel for Knapp]: It was your conclusion in the apartment that [Knapp] was really trying to call his attorney. You can't dispute that, right?

[Roets]: Oh, yeah, he was trying to call his attorney.

[Counsel for Knapp]: And you, as [the State] characterized it, wanted to "keep the lines of communication open," so you did not respond in that — say to him, "I am going to give you your rights now," right?

[Roets]: That's right.

[Counsel for Knapp]: You abandoned the notion of reading him his constitutional rights based on what he told you relative to wanting an attorney, right?

[Roets]: That's accurate, yes.

[Counsel for Knapp]: And you wanted to keep the lines of communication open and you were concerned, were you not, that if you hadMirandizedhim at that point that he might not make a statement, right?

[Roets]: That's accurate.

. . . .

[Counsel for Knapp]: Okay. Well, you didn't, again, read him his rights, and were concerned that he would exercise his rights based on what he told you about wanting an attorney present because you told him — you never told him he was a suspect; you told him you just want his help?

[Roets]: I told him that yes, sir.

¶ 15. The Jefferson County Circuit Court, Honorable Randy R. Koschnick, denied the suppression motion. Knapp appealed.Page 95

¶ 16. This court accepted the court of appeals' certification to determine whether physical evidence obtained as the direct result of aMirandaviolation should be suppressed when the violation was an intentional attempt to prevent the suspect from exercising hisFifthAmendment rights. This court answered the question in the affirmative.Knapp I,265 Wis. 2d 278, ¶ 1.

¶ 17. On October 20, 2003, the State filed a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. On June 28, 2004, the Court rendered its decision inPatane.Two days later, on June 30, the Court granted the State's petition, vacated our decision, and remanded the case for further consideration in light ofPatane.

¶ 18. On September 24, 2004, we directed the parties to submit briefs to address the effect ofPatane, including alternate grounds for suppressing the sweatshirt that were not reached inKnapp I.⁴

¶ 19. Our standard of review has not changed. "Whether evidence should be suppressed is a question of constitutional fact. In reviewing questions of constitutional fact, we uphold a circuit court's factual findings unless clearly erroneous, but we independently determinePage 96whether those facts meet the constitutional standard."State v.Samuel,2002 WI 34, ¶15,252 Wis. 2d 26,643 N.W.2d 423(citations omitted).

¶ 20. There are no historical facts in dispute, as the State has conceded that the physical evidence was seized as a direct result of an intentionalMirandaviolation. Therefore, all that remains is a question of law: whether the physical evidence should be suppressed under either the United States or Wisconsin Constitutions.

III

¶ 21. We begin with some brief observations regarding the exclusionary rule, followed by a discussion ofPatane, where a three-Justice plurality of the Supreme Court, in an opinion authored by Justice Thomas and joined by Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Scalia, concluded that the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine does not apply to suppress nontestimonial evidence obtained from a voluntary statement that stemmed from a failure to give the prophylacticMirandawarnings. From there, we discussMissouri v. Seibert,542 U.S. 600,124 S. Ct. 2601(2004), released on the same day asPatane, but where a different plurality of the court, in an opinion authored by Justice Souter and joined by Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer, concluded that a police practice of intentionally failing to giveMirandawarnings until a suspect confessed could not effectively comply withMiranda's constitutional requirement.

¶ 22. The exclusionary rule is premised on suppressing evidence that "isin some sensethe product ofPage 97illegal governmental activity."Nix v. Williams,467 U.S. 431,444(1984) (emphasis in original). This court has similarly characterized the exclusionary rule, stating: "Evidence obtained as a direct result of a violation of a constitutional right . . . is inadmissible upon proper objection."State v. Loeffler,60 Wis. 2d 556,561,211 N.W.2d 1(1973). The primary purpose of the exclusionary rule "is to deter future unlawful police conduct. . . ."United States v. Calandra,414 U.S. 338,347(1974).⁵However, "to the extent that application of the exclusionary rule could provide some incremental deterrent, that possible benefit must be weighed against the `substantial social costs exacted by the exclusionary rule.'"Illinois v. Krull,480 U.S. 340,352-53(1987) (quotingUnited States v. Leon,468 U.S. 897,907(1984)).Page 98

¶ 23. Although rooted in the Constitution, "[t]he exclusionary rule is a judge-made one in furtherance of conduct that courts have considered to be in the public interest and to suppress conduct that is not."Conrad v. State,63 Wis. 2d 616,636,218 N.W.2d 252(1974). It has also been said that the exclusionary rule applies only in contexts "where its remedial objectives are thought most efficaciously served."Pennsylvania Bd. of Prob.Parole v. Scott,524 U.S. 357,363(1998) (citation and quotations omitted). Thus, the exclusionary rule is not absolute, but rather is connected to the public interest, which requires a balancing of the relevant interests.State v. Eason,2001 WI 98, ¶43,245 Wis. 2d 206,629 N.W.2d 625.

¶ 24. The exclusionary rule applies to both tangible and intangible evidence and also excludes derivative evidence under certain circumstances, via the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine, if such evidence is obtained "by exploitation of that illegality."Wong Sun v. United States,371 U.S. 471,485-88(1963);State v. Schneidewind,47 Wis. 2d 110,118,176 N.W.2d 303(1970). "[I]n its broadest sense, the [fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine] can be regarded . . . as a device to prohibit the use of any secondary evidence which is the product of or which owes its discovery to illegal government activity."State v.Schlise,86 Wis. 2d 26,45,271 N.W.2d 619(1978).

¶ 25. Although the fruit of the poisonous tree sprouted from theFourthAmendment, its application is not so confined. The fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine has been applied to theFifthandSixthAmendments,see Nix,467 U.S. at 442, as well as statutory violations.Page 99

¶ 26. RegardingFifthAmendment applications, inChavez v.Martinez,538 U.S. 760,769(2003) (plurality opinion), the Supreme Court noted that "our cases provide that those subjected to coercive police interrogations have anautomaticprotection from the use of their involuntary statements (or evidence derived from their statements) in any subsequent criminal trial." (Emphasis in original.)

¶ 27. InUnited States v. Hubbell,530 U.S. 27,45(2000), which concerned the compelled production of documents, the Supreme Court concluded that "[i]t has . . . long been settled that [theFifthAmendment's] protection encompasses compelled statements that lead to the discovery of incriminating evidence even though the statements themselves are not incriminating and are not introduced into evidence."Id.at 37. Thus, the privilege protects against "use of incriminating information derived directly or indirectly from the compelled testimony. . . ."Id.at 38.

¶ 28. InHarrison v. United States,392 U.S. 219,220(1968), the defendant testified after the government admitted into evidence three illegally obtained confessions. The Supreme Court concluded the defendant was impelled to testify, and that the testimony therefore was the fruit of a poisonous tree. The Supreme Court stated:

[T]he petitioner testified only after the Government had illegally introduced into evidence three confessions, all wrongfully obtained and the same principle that prohibits the use of confessions so procured also prohibits the use of any testimony impelled thereby — the fruit of the poisonous tree, to invoke a time-worn metaphor.

Id.at 222.Page 100

¶ 29. In theSixthAmendment context, inUnited States v.Wade,388 U.S. 218,237(1967), the Supreme Court held that the absence of counsel at a post-indictment lineup violated a defendant'sSixthAmendment right to counsel. The Court held that a subsequent in-court identification may warrant suppression unless the State can show the identification had an independent origin, or its admission was otherwise harmless.Id.at 240-42.

¶ 30. Moreover, inNix,467 U.S. at 449-50, the Supreme Court held that a victim's body found after police gave the infamous "Christian burial speech," that violated the defendant'sSixthAmendment right to counsel, was lawfully admitted because it would have been inevitably discovered.

¶ 31. Aside from constitutional violations, the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine has also been applied to statutory violations. InNardone v. United States,308 U.S. 338, (1939), the Supreme Court held that facts illegally obtained from a wiretap under the Communications Act could not be used at trial. However, the Court delineated a fruit of the poisonous tree framework that allowed the government to otherwise use the information obtained from the illegal wiretaps. The Court stated:

The burden is, of course, on the accused in the first instance to prove to the trial court's satisfaction that wire-tapping was unlawfully employed. Once that is established — as was plainly done here — the trial judge must give opportunity, however closely confined, to the accused to prove that a substantial portion of the case against him was a fruit of the poisonous tree. This leaves ample opportunity to the Government to convince the trial court that its proof had an independent origin.

Id.at 341.Page 101

¶ 32. InPatane, a plurality of the Supreme Court declined to extend these principles to physical evidence obtained from aMirandaviolation. We now turn to that decision.

¶ 33. InPatane, police officers were investigating whether Patane, a convicted felon, violated a temporary restraining order that prohibited him from contacting his ex-girlfriend. During that investigation, the police were also informed that Patane illegally possessed a firearm. The police went to Patane's residence and, after inquiring into Patane's attempts to contact his ex-girlfriend, the police arrested him for violating the restraining order.

¶ 34. The police attempted to read Patane hisMirandarights, but Patane interrupted after the police advised him of his right to remain silent, stating that he already knew his rights. The police never completed theMirandawarnings and proceeded to ask Patane about the gun he possessed. While Patane was initially reluctant to answer, he later admitted that the gun was in his bedroom. He gave the police permission to retrieve the gun and the police seized it.

¶ 35. A grand jury later indicted Patane for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He moved to suppress the gun and the district court granted the motion, concluding that the police lacked probable cause to arrest Patane for violating the restraining order. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that conclusion, but nevertheless concluded that the gun should be suppressed because it concluded the gun was the fruit of an unwarned statement. In light of thePage 102Court's holding inDickerson v. United States,530 U.S. 428(2000), thatMirandaestablished a constitutional rule, the court of appeals reasoned that a violation ofMirandaamounted to a violation of the Constitution, specifically theFifthAmendment. Thus, the court of appeals applied the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine pronounced inWong Sun,371 U.S. 471, and upheld the district court's suppression of the gun. The Supreme Court reversed.

¶ 36. The plurality began with a discussion of the Self-Incrimination Clause. Noting that it need not draw the precise boundaries of the clause's protections, the plurality concluded that it sufficed to say "the core protection afforded by the Self-Incrimination Clause is a prohibition on compelling a criminal defendant to testify against himself at trial."Patane,124 S. Ct. at 2626. Indeed, the plurality determined the text of the Self-Incrimination Clause was "self-executing" to this end, meaning that its language that "[n]o person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" was its own exclusionary rule of sorts.Id.at 2628 (quoting U.S. Const. amend.V). With the limited focus on the actual right against compelled incrimination — that is, compelled incriminating testimonial statements extracted at trial from the defendant — the plurality determined that "[t]he Clause cannot be violated by the introduction of nontestimonial evidence obtained as a result of voluntary statements."Id.at 2626. The plurality later conceded, however, that the same did not hold true for nontestimonial fruits obtained from an actually compelled statement.Id.at 2627-28 (citingNew Jersey v.Portash,440 U.S. 450,458-49(1979)).

¶ 37. The plurality recognized that the Court previously crafted "prophylactic rules," which were designedPage 103to safeguard the core protections of the Self-Incrimination Clause outside the confines of an actual trial. The creation of these judge-made rules stemmed from "`[t]he natural concern . . . that an inability to protect the right at one stage of a proceeding may make its invocation useless at a later stage.'"Id.at 2627 (quotingMichigan v. Tucker,417 U.S. 433,440-41(1974)). Despite that natural concern, the plurality stated that these prophylactic rules (which includedMiranda) necessarily stepped beyond the actual protections of the Self-Incrimination Clause.Id.Thus, adhering to the principle that there must be the closest possible fit between the Self-Incrimination Clause and any prophylactic rule designed to protect it, the plurality concluded that "any further extension of these rules must be justified by its necessity for the protection of the actual right against compelled self-incrimination."Id.at 2627-28. With this groundwork, the plurality turned toMiranda.

¶ 38. The plurality agreed that for certain uses,Mirandacreated a presumption of coercion where a suspect does not receive theMirandawarnings.Id.at 2627, 2630. However, the plurality wrote that pre-Dickersoncases clearly established that a mere failure to giveMirandawarnings did not, of itself, violate an individual's constitutional rights, or even theMirandarule for that matter.Id.at 2628. SinceMirandasought to protect the Self-Incrimination Clause, and since the Self-Incrimination Clause was a trial right with a core protection of safeguarding compelled incriminatory testimonial statements, the plurality reasoned that aMirandaviolation does not occur until unwarned statements are admitted into evidence at trial.⁶Id.at 2629.Page 104"[J]ust as the Self-Incrimination Clause primarily focuses on the criminal trial, so too does theMirandarule."Id.at 2626. WithMiranda's focus on the admissibility of statements at trial, the appropriate and adequate remedy for aMirandaviolation, the plurality concluded, was suppression of the statement.Id.at 2629.

¶ 39. ThatDickersonheld thatMirandawas a "constitutional rule" did not alter this analysis, the plurality stated.Id.at 2629. The plurality viewedDickersonas merely a reaffirmation ofMiranda's"`core ruling that unwarned statements may not be used as evidence in the prosecution's case in chief.'"Id.at 2628 (quotingDickerson,530 U.S. at 443-44). AsDickersondid not (and presumably could not) extricate theMirandaprophylaxis from the Self-Incrimination Clause's protection of trial rights, the plurality determined thatDickerson"makes clear our continued focus on the protections of the Self-Incrimination Clause."Id.

¶ 40. With this understanding, the plurality returned to the need to maintain a "close-fit" between the Self-Incrimination Clause's protection of trial rights and any extension of the prophylactic judge-made rules designed to safeguard those protections. The plurality found no fit whatsoever where the admission of nontestimonial fruit of a voluntary statement is concerned, as "[t]he admission of such fruit presents no risk that a defendant's coerced statements (however defined) will be used against him at a criminal trial."Id.at 2630. Without that risk, the plurality concluded that mere or even calculated failures to provideMirandawarnings did not warrant suppression of any subsequent fruit.Id.at 2629-30. And because the police cannot evenPage 105violate a defendant's trial right against self-incrimination by taking an unwarned voluntary statement, the plurality concluded that expansion of the exclusionary rule could not be justified by reference to "a deterrence effect on law enforcement."Id.at 2630. Thus, the plurality found no need to extend the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine toMirandaviolations.Id.

¶ 41. Justices Kennedy and O'Conner concurred in the judgment, agreeing with the plurality that "[a]dmission of nontestimonial physical fruits . . . does not run the risk of admitting into trial an accused's coerced incriminating statements against himself."Id.at 2631. However, while the concurrence viewed it as doubtful that the exclusion of reliable physical evidence could be justified by a deterrence of law enforcement rationale, the concurrence stated that it was "unnecessary to decide whether the [police's] failure to give Patane the fullMirandawarnings should be characterized as a violation of theMirandarule itself, or whether there is `anything to deter' so long as the unwarned statements are not later introduced at trial."Id.at 2631.

¶ 42. In a separate dissent, Justice Breyer stated that he would exclude physical evidence obtained from unwarned questioning "unless the failure to provideMirandawarnings was in good faith."Id.at 2632. Because the district court did not make any finding in this regard, Justice Breyer indicated he would remand the case to make such a determination.Id.at 2632-33.

¶ 43. Justice Souter, joined by Justices Stevens and Ginsburg, dissented. Resting on "the inherently coercive character of custodial interrogation and the inherently difficult exercise of assessing the voluntariness of any confession resulting from it," this dissent noted thatMirandacreated a presumption of coercion where a custodial confession is not preceded by warnings.Page 106Id.at 2631. Because theFifthAmendment privilege against compelled self-incrimination extends to the exclusion of derivative evidence, "[t]hat should be the end of this case."Id.at 2632 (citingUnited States v. Hubbell,530 U.S. 27,37-38(2000)). This dissent lamented: "In closing their eyes to the consequences of giving an evidentiary advantage to those who ignoreMiranda, the majority adds an important inducement for interrogators to ignore the rule in that case."Id.at 2631. According to the dissent, "[t]here is no way to read this case except as an unjustifiable invitation to law enforcement officers to floutMirandawhen there may be physical evidence to be gained."Id.at 2632. The dissent also called the plurality's decision an "odd one, coming from the Court on the same day it decidesMissouri v. Seibert, [124 S. Ct. 2601(2004)]."Patane,124 S. Ct. at 2632.

¶ 44. InSeibert, police arrested the defendant as a suspect in an arson that resulted in a death. At the police station, the police followed protocol whereby they intentionally refrained from reading the defendant theMirandawarnings and proceeded to interrogate her for 30-40 minutes to obtain a confession. After the defendant confessed, the police gave her a 20-30 minute break. The police then returned, turned on a tape recorder, gave the defendant theMirandawarnings, obtained a waiver of rights, and then repeated the prior interrogation to obtain the same confession. At a later suppression hearing, the police officer admitted that he made a conscious decision to withholdMirandawarnings because he resorted to an interrogation technique he was taught: "question first, then give the warnings,Page 107and then repeat the question `until I get the answer that she's already provided once.'"Seibert,124 S. Ct. at 2606.

¶ 45. The trial court suppressed the defendant's first statement, but not the second. The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed, but the Missouri Supreme Court reversed, concluding the police officer's tactic was to intentionally deprive the defendant of her opportunity to knowingly and intelligently waive herMirandarights.Id.at 2606. Because there were no circumstances that would dispel the effect of the intentionalMirandaviolation, the Missouri Supreme Court concluded the second confession was involuntary and therefore inadmissible. The United States Supreme Court affirmed.

¶ 46. The plurality inSeibertbegan by discussing the concept of voluntariness. The plurality explained that inMiranda, the Court determined that the "`voluntariness doctrine in the state cases . . . encompasses all interrogation practices which are likely to exert such pressure upon an individual as to disable him from making a free and rational choice.'"Id.at 2607 (quotingMiranda,384 U.S. at 464-65). Because "`the coercion inherent in custodial interrogation blurs the line between voluntary and involuntary statements,'"id.at 2607-08 (quotingDickerson,530 U.S. at 435), the plurality describedMirandaas an appreciation of the difficulty of judicial enquiry into the circumstances of a police interrogation.Id.at 2607.

¶ 47. To implement and safeguard the Self-Incrimination Clause,Mirandaconcluded that "`the accused must be adequately and effectively apprised of his rights and the exercise of those rights must be fully honored.'"Id.at 2608 (quotingMiranda,384 U.S. at 467). Thus, giving the warnings and obtaining a validPage 108waiver "has generally produced a virtual ticket of admissibility."Id.Recognizing that "[t]here are those, of course, who preferred the old way of doing things, giving no warnings and litigating the voluntariness of any statement in nearly every instance,"id.at 2608, the plurality noted thatMiranda's "constitutional character" was recently reaffirmed byDickerson, wherein the Court held that Congress could not thwartMirandaby statute.Id.

¶ 48. With these principles in mind, the plurality then focused on whether the intentional two-tiered interrogation scheme designed as an end-run aroundMirandaeffectively complied withMiranda's objectives of ensuring confessions were voluntary.Id.at 2610. The plurality concluded it did not.

¶ 49. The plurality held that "[b]y any objective measure, applied to circumstances exemplified here, it is likely that if the interrogators employ the technique of withholding warnings until after interrogation succeeds in eliciting a confession, the warnings will be ineffective in preparing the suspect for successive interrogation, close in time and similar in content."Id.at 2610. The plurality surmised that "[u]pon hearing warnings only in the aftermath of interrogation and just after making a confession, a suspect would hardly think he had a genuine right to remain silent, let alone persist in so believing once the police began to lead him over the same ground again."Id.at 2611. Thus, the plurality concluded, "whenMirandawarnings are inserted in the midst of coordinated and continuing interrogation, they are likely to mislead and `depriv[e] a defendant of knowledge essential to his ability to understand the nature of his rights and the consequences of abandoning them.'"Id.(quotingMoran v. Burbine,475 U.S. 412,424(1986)).Page 109

¶ 50. The plurality was not persuaded by Missouri's argument that the defendant's second confession was obtained as the result of nothing more than a "second stage" interrogation that was distinct from the first.See Oregon v. Elstad,470 U.S. 298(1985). Unlike inElstad, where there was a "good-faithMirandamistake" at the defendant's home followed by an interrogation at the police station,Seibert,124 S. Ct. at 2612, the plurality concluded that the circumstances under consideration were at the opposite extreme:

InElstad, it was not unreasonable to see the occasion for questioning at the station house as presenting a markedly different experience from the short conversation at home; since a reasonable person in the suspect's shoes could have seen the station house questioning as a new and distinct experience, theMirandawarnings could have made sense as presenting a genuine choice whether to follow up on the earlier admission.

At the opposite extreme are the facts here, which by any objective measure reveal a police strategy adapted to undermine theMirandawarnings. The unwarned interrogation was conducted in the station house, and the questioning was systematic, exhaustive, and managed with psychological skill. When the police were finished there was little, if anything, of incriminating potential left unsaid. The warned phase of questioning proceeded after a pause of only 15 to 20 minutes, in the same place as the unwarned segment. When the same officer who had conducted the first phase recited theMirandawarnings, he said nothing to counter the probable misimpression that the advice that anything [the defendant] said could be used against her also applied to the details of the inculpatory statement previously elicited. . . . These circumstances must be seen as challenging the comprehensibility and efficacy of theMirandawarnings to the point that aPage 110reasonable person in the suspect's shoes would not have understood them to convey a message that she retained a choice about continuing to talk.

Id.at 2612.

¶ 51. In closing, the plurality pronounced that "[s]trategists dedicated to draining the substance out ofMirandacannot accomplish by training instructions whatDickersonheld Congress could not do by statute."Id.at 2613. Therefore, "[b]ecause the question-first tactic effectively threatens to thwartMiranda's purpose of reducing the risk that a coerced confession would be admitted, and because the facts here do not reasonably support a conclusion that the warnings given could have served their purpose, [the defendant's] postwarning statements are inadmissible."Id.at 2613.

¶ 52. Justice Breyer concurred for the same reasons set forth in hisPataneconcurrence.Id.at 2613-14.

¶ 53. Justice Kennedy broke from thePataneplurality and concurred inSeibert.Justice Kennedy agreed that the interrogation technique used was designed to circumventMirandaand obscuredMiranda's meaning.Id.at 2614. He emphasized that not all violations ofMirandarequire suppression. "Evidence is admissible when the central concerns ofMirandaare not likely to be implicated and when other objectives of the criminal justice system are best served by its introduction."Id.The police tactic at issue inSeibertclearly undermined Miranda's meaning and effect, Justice Kennedy wrote, as it "simply creates too high a risk that postwarning statements will be obtained when a suspect was deprived of `knowledge essential to his ability to understand the nature of his rights and the consequences of abandoning them.'"Id.at 2615 (quotingMoran,475 U.S. at 423-24). Thus, "postwarning statements thatPage 111are related to the substance of prewarning statements must be excluded absent specific, curative steps."Id.However, he reiterated that absent deliberate strategies to get aroundMiranda, Elstadrepresented the proper test.Id.at 2616.

¶ 54. Justice O'Connor dissented, joined by Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Scalia and Thomas. The dissent stated it would analyze the two-step interrogation tactic underElstad.Id.at 2619.⁷

¶ 55. The State argues that this court should affirm the circuit court's order that denied suppression of Knapp's bloodied sweatshirt for two reasons. First, the State contends thatPataneclearly holds that neitherPage 112theFifthAmendment norMirandarequire suppression of physical evidence derived from a voluntary statement given withoutMirandawarnings. The State submitsPataneis dispositive here because Knapp neither raised violations of, nor did this court base its prior decision on, our state constitution's analogue to theFifthAmendment, Wis. Const. art.I§8.⁸Second, the State claims that it would be inappropriate to stray beyond the confines of theFifthAmendment givenState v.Jennings,2002 WI 44, ¶¶40-42,252 Wis. 2d 228,647 N.W.2d 142, where this court declined to interpret Wisconsin's self-incrimination protection more broadly than theFifthAmendment.

¶ 56. Knapp argues thatPatanenotwithstanding, this court should utilize ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution to arrive at the same conclusion as inKnapp I.Although he concedes that he did not explicitly make this argument before and thatKnapp Ipredominantly relied onFifthAmendment jurisprudence, Knapp argues that the issue is fully before the court now and that the interests of justice require its consideration.See Bradley v. State,36 Wis. 2d 345, 359-59a,153 N.W.2d 38,155N.W.2d 564 (1967) ("[T]his court may nevertheless decide a constitutional question not raised below if it appears in the interests of justice to do so and where there are no factual issues that need resolution."). Knapp proceeds to argue that the policy reasons this court identified and relied on inKnapp Iremain, notwithstandingPatane.We agree with Knapp.Page 113

¶ 57. It is plain that United States Supreme Court interpretations of the United States Constitution do not bind the individual state's power to mold higher standards under their respective state constitutions.See Cooper v. California,386 U.S. 58,62(1967). Indeed, the United States Supreme Court, through both majority and dissenting opinions, has explicitly extended invitations to the states to adopt different rules should they deem it appropriate.See Iowa v. Tovar,541 U.S. 77,94(2004) ("We note, finally, that States are free to adopt by statute, rule, or decision any guides to the acceptance of an uncounseled plea they deem useful.");Nichols v. United States,511 U.S. 738,748n. 12 (1994) ("Of course States may decide, based on their own constitutions or public policy, that counsel should be available for all indigent defendants charged with misdemeanors.");Oregon v. Mathiason,429 U.S. 492,499(1977) ("It is therefore important to note that the state courts remain free, in interpreting state constitutions, to guard against the evil clearly identified by this case.") (Marshall, J., dissenting);Baxter v. Palmigiano,425 U.S. 308,339n. 10 (1976) ("[U]se of incriminating statements can be prohibited by a state court as a matter of public policy in that State.") (Brennan, J., dissenting);Michigan v. Mosley,423 U.S. 96,120-121(1975) (Brennan, J., dissenting);Oregon v. Hass,420 U.S. 714,719(1975) ("[A] State is freeas a matter of its ownlawto impose greater restrictions on police activity than those this Court holds to be necessary upon federal constitutional standards.") (emphasis in original);Lego v. Twomey,404 U.S. 477,489(1972) ("Of course, the States are free, pursuant to their own law, to adopt a higher standard. They may indeed differ as to the appropriate resolution of the values they find atPage 114stake.");Cooper,386 U.S. at 62("Our holding, of course, does not affect the State's power to impose higher standards on searches and seizures than required by the Federal Constitution if it chooses to do so."). Correspondingly, this court has stated that when interpreting our constitution, decisions from the United States Supreme Court interpreting analogous provisions in the federal constitution "are eminent and highly persuasive, but not controlling, authority."McCauley v. Tropic of Cancer,20 Wis. 2d 134,139,121 N.W.2d 545(1963).

¶ 58. In spite of this, the State correctly observes that this court inJenningsstated that "`[w]here . . . the language of the provision in the state constitution is `virtually identical' to that of the federal provision or where no difference in intent is discernible, Wisconsin courts havenormally construedthe state constitution consistent with the United States Supreme Court's construction of the federal constitution.'"Jennings,252 Wis. 2d 228, ¶ 39 (quotingState v. Agnello,226 Wis. 2d 164,180-81,593 N.W.2d 427(1999)) (emphasis added). InJennings, because this court concluded that "[t]he state constitutional right against compulsory self-incrimination is textually almost identical to its federal counterpart,"⁹this court declined to impose a clarification requirement under ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution when a suspect equivocally invokes the right to counsel.Id., ¶¶ 40, 42. The State submits that the same analysis should apply here.Page 115

¶ 59. This "lock-step" theory of interpreting the Wisconsin Constitution no broader than its federal counterpart appears to be aimed at promoting uniformity in the law. Uniformity may be advantageous, but it cannot be indispensable. "[I]t is the prerogative of the State of Wisconsin to afford greater protection to the liberties of persons within its boundaries under the Wisconsin Constitution than is mandated by the United States Supreme Court. . . ."State v. Doe,78 Wis. 2d 161,171,254 N.W.2d 210(1977). AsDoecogently stated, this court "will not be bound by the minimums which are imposed by the Supreme Court of the United States if it is the judgment of this court that the Constitution of Wisconsin and the laws of this state require that greater protection of citizens' liberties ought to be afforded."Id., at 172.

¶ 60. We begin with a comparison of the text of the constitutions. While textual similarity or identity is important when determining when to depart from federal constitutional jurisprudence, it cannot be conclusive, lest this court forfeit its power to interpret its own constitution to the federal judiciary. The people of this state shaped our constitution, and it is our solemn responsibility to interpret it.See AttorneyGen. ex rel. Bashford v. Barstow,4 Wis. 567, [*567, 786 [*757] (1855). Federal jurisprudence is persuasive and helpful, but we must save independent judgment for considering competing principles and policies under the Wisconsin Constitution.

¶ 61. Our recent decision inState v. Dubose,2005 WI 126,285 Wis. 2d 143,699 N.W.2d 582, fits this framework. In that case, based in part on the extensive research on the inaccuracy of eyewitness identifications, this court relied on the Due Process Clause of the Wisconsin ConstitutionPage 116to conclude that showup identifications are inadmissible unless, based on the totality of the circumstances, otherwise necessary.Id., ¶¶ 29-34. Thus, we departed from the current federal law that centered on the reliability as opposed to the necessity of the showup.Id.In response to the State's argument that this court had never interpreted the Due Process Clause of the Wisconsin Constitution any differently than the corresponding federal provision, we held that "[e]ven though the Due Process Clause of ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution uses language that is somewhat similar, but not identical, to the Due Process Clause of theFourteenthAmendment to the United States Constitution, we retain the right to interpret our constitution to provide greater protections than its federal counterpart."Id., ¶ 41. We explained:

While this results in a divergence of meaning between words which are the same in both federal and state constitutions, the system of federalism envisaged by the United States Constitution tolerates such divergence where the result is greater protection of individual rights under state law than under federal law. . . .

Id.(quoting William J. Brennan, Jr.,State Constitutions andthe Protection of Individual Rights, 90 Harv. L. Rev. 489, 500 (1977)).

¶ 62. As noted, theJenningscourt determined that ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution is virtually identical to its federal counterpart, theFifthAmendment to the United States Constitution. Consistent with the framework above, this weighs in favor of followingPataneandSeibertunder our constitution, but it is not determinative. We now add other considerationsPage 117to the balance, including the applicability of Wisconsin's exclusionary rule.

¶ 63. Shortly after Wisconsin earned statehood, this court declared: "By the policy of the law, no person is compelled to give evidence against himself, or to testify to any matter tending to criminate himself."Schoeffler v. State,3 Wis. 717[*823], 733, [*841] (1854). Indeed, this court has recognized that because the rights protected by Article I, section 8 are "sacred," we construe this provision liberally, "in favor of private rights."State v. Kroening,274 Wis. 266,275,79 N.W.2d 810, 80 N.W.2d 816 (1956). TheKroeningcourt recognized the "unanimous concurrence of opinion" that the rights intended to be protected by Article I, Section 8 "are so sacred, and the pressure so great toward their relaxation in case where suspicion of guilt is strong and evidence obscure, that it is the duty of the courts to liberally construe the prohibition in favor of private rights."Id.(citations omitted). TheKroeningcourt reminded that courts must be vigilant "to refuse to permit those first and doubtful steps which may invade [Article I, Section 8] in any respect."Id.(citation omitted).

¶ 64. Consistent with these principles, this court has described Article I, Section 8 as "extend[ing] not only to testimony which would support a conviction but also to evidence which would furnish a link in a chain of evidence necessary to prosecution."Grant v. State,83 Wis. 77,81,264 N.W.2d 587(1978).

¶ 65. Also consistent with these principles, in 1923, in what has been described as a "watershed in Wisconsin law,"State v.Orta,2000 WI 4, ¶7,Page 118231 Wis. 2d 782,604 N.W.2d 543(Prosser, J., concurring), this court first recognized the exclusionary rule inHoyer v. State,180 Wis. 407,193 N.W. 89(1923), nearly 40 years prior to its incorporation into theFourteenthAmendment inMapp v. Ohio,367 U.S. 643(1961). And this court did so by fusing Article I, Sections 8 and 11 (the complement to theFourthAmendment).

¶ 66. InHoyer, police unlawfully searched the defendant's vehicle and seized bottles of gin.Hoyer,180 Wis. at 409. Because this was during the time of Prohibition, the defendant was charged with unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquors.Id.at 407. The defendant moved to suppress the evidence, relying on ArticleI, Sections8and11of the Wisconsin Constitution.¹⁰

¶ 67. This court "elect[ed] to stand, as this court has heretofore stood, with the federal and other courts which consider these provisions of the Bill of Rights as embodied in constitutions to be ofsubstance rather than mere tinsel."Id.at 415 (emphasis added). To theHoyercourt, the choice was obvious:

We see no reason in logic, justice, or in that innate sense of fair play which lies at the foundation of suchPage 119guarantees, why a court of justice, rejecting as abhorrent the idea of the use of evidence extorted by violation of a defendant's right to be secure in person and exempt from self-incrimination though it may result in murder going unwhipt of justice, should yet approve of the use, in the same court of justice, by state officers, of that which has been obtained by other state officers through, and by, a plain violation of constitutional guarantees of equal standing and value, though thereby possibly a violation of the prohibition law may go unpunished.

Id.at 417.

¶ 68. Turning to the specific guarantees of Article I, Sections 8 and 11, the court expounded on their purposes:

[Article I, Section 11] is a pledge of the faith of the state government that the people of the state, all alike (with no express or possible mental reservation that it is for the good and innocent only), shall besecurein their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizure. This security has vanished and the pledge is violated by the state that guarantees it when officers of the state, acting under color of state-given authority, search and seize unlawfully. The pledge of this provision and that of [Article I, Section 8] are each violated when use is made of such evidence in one of its own courts by other of its officers.

Id.at 417 (emphasis in original).

¶ 69. Although the court recognized the consequences that a guilty person may go free if evidence is suppressed, the court did not falter:

That a proper result — that is, a conviction of one really guilty of an offense — may be thus reached is neither an excuse for nor a condonation of the use by the state of that which is so the result of its own violation of its ownPage 120fundamental charter. Such a cynical indifference to the state's obligations should not be judicial policy.

Id.at 417. Thus, the court held that "the evidence challenged in this case was taken by the officers by unlawful search and seizure and contrary to [ArticleI, Section11of the Wisconsin Constitution] and was improperly received in evidence against him on the trial in violation of his rights under [ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution]."Id.at 415.¹¹Page 121

¶ 70. As noted above,Hoyerunited the guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures with the right against self-incrimination. This fusion of constitutional principles that required suppression of unconstitutionally obtained evidence was known as the "convergence theory." InEason, this court placedHoyer's discussion of "the nascent exclusionary rule" within its historical context, stating:

At this time, cases discussing the nascent exclusionary rule based it upon a "convergence theory" of theFourthandFifthAmendments.SeeAndresen v. Maryland,427 U.S. 463,472-73(1976). That approach was subsequently abandoned.

. . . .

In fact,Gouled v. United States,255 U.S. 298(1921)[,] and another case thatHoyerrelied upon,Boyd v. United States,116 U.S. 616(1886), were overturned in part byWarden v. Hayden,387 U.S. 294,301-02(1967).Wardenheld that "mere evidence" seized from the accused, as opposed to contraband or the fruits of the crime did not, as previously held, violate theFifthAmendment against self-incrimination. [Warden,]387 U.S. at 301-03.

Eason,245 Wis. 2d 206, ¶ 40 n. 6.Page 122

¶ 71.Easonmade clear that the federal underpinnings for theFifthAmendment's involvement with the federal exclusionary rule have been discredited.Id.However, in the very next breath, theEasoncourt stated: "Here, there is no contention that the evidence seized violated Eason'sFifthAmendment rights or his rights under Article I, Section 8. Accordingly, that part ofHoyer's analysis is inapposite."Id.With Knapp making that very argument here, that part ofHoyer's analysis is anything but inapposite.

¶ 72. We have recently shown little tolerance for those who violate the rule of law. InState v. Reed,2005 WI 53, ¶36,280 Wis.2d 68,695 N.W.2d 315, we depicted theFifthAmendment as providing a shield that protects against compelled self-incrimination.¹²By its very nature, theMirandawarnings secure the integrity of that shield — and to be sure, that shield is made of substance, not tinsel.See Hoyer,180 Wis. at 413. Any shield that can be so easily pierced or cast aside by the very people we entrust to enforce the law fails to serve its own purpose, and is in effect no shield at all. Just as we will not tolerate criminal suspects to lie to the police under the guise of avoiding compelled self-incrimination, we will not tolerate the police deliberately ignoringMiranda's rule as a means of obtaining inculpatory physical evidence. As we have frequently recognized in the past, what is sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander.See Revival Center Tabernacle ofBattle Creek v. City of Milwaukee,68 Wis. 2d 94,98,227 N.W.2d 694(1975).Page 123

¶ 73. Therefore, turning to the exclusionary rule, "This state has accepted the doctrine that courts must consider the means used in obtaining evidence and not receive it if obtained by violation of constitutional rights of an accused."Warner v.Gregory,203 Wis. 65,66,233 N.W. 631(1930). Because the goals of the exclusionary rule and fruit of the poisonous tree doctrines are to curb "illegal governmental activity," and becauseDickersonannounced thatMirandais a constitutional rule (which we embrace as concludingMirandais constitutional),¹³we conclude that it is appropriate that the exclusionary rule bars physical fruits obtained from a deliberateMirandaviolation under Article I, Section 8.¹⁴Page 124

¶ 74. However, we arrive at that conclusion guardedly, being mindful that the exclusionary rule is not absolute. InKnapp I, this court agreed that "because the physical fruits of aMirandaviolation will be trustworthy evidence, it appears that in most cases the . . . analysis boils down to a rule excluding the fruits of aMirandaviolation only when there is a `strong need for deterrence.'"Knapp I,265 Wis. 2d 278, ¶ 76 n. 15 (citation omitted). That strong need for deterrence that overcomes the social costs of excluding evidence is present in this case for the same two policy reasons we identified inKnappI.

¶ 75. First, the conduct at issue here is particularly repugnant and requires deterrence. As this court explained inKnapp I, "[t]he rule argued for by the State would minimize the seriousness of the police misconduct producing the evidentiary fruits, breed contempt for the law, and encourage the type of conduct thatMirandawas designed to prevent, especially where the police conduct is intentional, as it was here."Knapp I,265 Wis. 2d 278, ¶ 74.

¶ 76. Regarding minimizing the seriousness of police misconduct and breeding contempt for the law, Professor Yale Kamisar has written:Page 125

Consider, for example, a situation where the suspect has invoked his right to counsel, but the police continue to question him in order to retrieve the murder weapon or some other nontestimonial evidence. In this set of circumstances the police have nothing to lose by rejecting the request for counsel (they will lose any statement the suspect might make, but they would have lost any statement anyway if they had honored the suspect's request for counsel and immediately ceased all questioning) and something to gain (the use of physical evidence that the inadmissible statement might turn up).

Yale Kamisar,Postscript: Another Look at Patane and Seibert,the 2004 Miranda "Poisoned Fruit" Cases, 2 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 97, 105 (2004).¹⁵

¶ 77. Similarly, another commentator stated:

When the police seek to obtain a confession from a suspect in custody, they must decide whether to read theMirandawarnings before the interrogation begins. They will be presented with two options. They can either: (1) forego the warnings and any confession the suspect makes; or (2) read the warnings and risk having the suspect exercise his right to remain silent. The certainty that the suspect's confession will be suppressed if theMirandawarnings are not read serves as a strong deterrent against committing aMirandaviolation and encourages police officers to choose the second option.

Page 126

The police have different incentives when they know that nontestimonial fruits of aMirandaviolation will be admissible at trial. Again, their choices will be twofold: (1) forego the warnings and the suspect's confession, but with the understanding that the confession can be used to discover admissible nontestimonial evidence; or (2) read the warnings and risk losing both the confession and the resultant nontestimonial evidence if the suspect exercises his right to remain silent. Given the potential benefits of the first option, the police will have a significant incentive to ignore theMirandawarnings.

. . . .

Police officers seeking physical evidence are not likely to view the loss of an unwarned confession as particularly great when weighed against the opportunity to recover highly probative nontestimonial evidence, such as a murder weapon or narcotics.

. . . .

In short, [failing to suppress the physical fruits will result in] police officers com[ing] away with the wrong message: It is better to interrogate a suspect without theMirandawarnings than to use legitimate means to investigate crime. Permitting such interrogation would send an ominous signal to the police and prosecutors that citizens may be "exploited for the information necessary to condemn them before the law."

David A. Wollin,Policing the Police: Should Miranda ViolationsBear Fruit?, 53 Ohio St. L.J. 805, 843 (1992) (citation omitted).¹⁶Page 127

¶ 78. Regarding the type of conductMirandawas designed to protect, this idea was soundly explained by the dissent inPataneas follows:

Mirandarested on insight into the inherently coercive character of custodial interrogation and the inherently difficult exercise of assessing the voluntariness of any confession resulting from it. Unless the police give the prescribed warnings meant to counter the coercive atmosphere, a custodial confession is inadmissible, there being no need for the previous time-consuming and difficult enquiry into voluntariness. That inducement to forestall involuntary statements and troublesome issues of fact can only atrophy if we turn around and recognize an evidentiary benefit when an unwarned statement leads investigators to tangible evidence.

Patane,124 S. Ct. at 2631-32(Souter, J., dissenting). The natural consequence of concluding otherwise, the dissent stated, was to extend "an unjustifiable invitation to law enforcement officers to floutMirandawhen there may be physical evidence to be gained."Id.at 2632. We wholeheartedly agree.

¶ 79. Second, aside from deterring police misconduct, there is another fundamental reason for excluding the evidence under circumstances present here, the preservation of judicial integrity. As this court indicated inKnapp I:Page 128

It was of this [judicial integrity] that Mr. Justice Holmes and Mr. Justice Brandeis so eloquently spoke inOlmstead v. United States. . . ."For those who agree with me," said Mr. Justice Holmes, "no distinction can be taken between the Government as prosecutor and the Government as judge." . . . "In a government of laws," said Mr. Justice Brandeis, "existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means — to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal — would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should resolutely set its face."

Knapp I,265 Wis. 2d 278, ¶ 77 (quotingState v. Ward,2000 WI 3, ¶47,231 Wis. 2d 723,604 N.W.2d 517(citations and quotations omitted)).¹⁷

¶ 80. TheHoyercourt intimated similar concerns nearly a century ago, where it stated:

We see no reason in logic, justice, or in that innate sense of fair play which lies at the foundation of such guarantees, why a court of justice, rejecting as abhorrent the idea of the use of evidence extorted by violation of a defendant's right to be secure in person and exemptPage 129from self-incrimination though it may result in murder going unwhipt of justice, should yet approve of the use, in the same court of justice, by state officers, of that which has been obtained by other state officers through, and by, a plain violation of constitutional guarantees of equal standing and value, though thereby possibly a violation of the prohibition law may go unpunished.

Hoyer,180 Wis. at 417. This indisputable observation carries no less force today.

¶ 81. It is not too much to expect law enforcement to respect the law and refrain from intentionally violating it.¹⁸When law enforcement is encouraged to intentionally take unwarranted investigatory shortcuts to obtain convictions, the judicial process is systemically corrupted.¹⁹To guard against this danger, fair play requires the players to play by the rules, especially those players who enforce the rules.

¶ 82. Here, it is undisputed that physical evidence was obtained as the direct result of an intentionalPage 130Mirandaviolation. Therefore, applying our holding above, the physical evidence is inadmissible.

¶ 83. In summary, we conclude that physical evidence obtained as a direct result of an intentional violation ofMirandais inadmissible under ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution. We will not allow those we entrust to enforce the law to intentionally subvert a suspect's constitutional rights. As it is undisputed that the physical evidence here was obtained as a direct result of an intentional violation ofMiranda, it is inadmissible.By the Court.— The order of the circuit court is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

¶ 84. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J. (concurring).

I strongly support the majority's conclusion that "physical evidence obtained as a direct result of an intentional violation ofMirandais inadmissible under ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution." Majority op., ¶ 83. I write separately to emphasize that the majority opinion serves to reaffirm Wisconsin's position in the "new federalism" movement.¹Page 131

¶ 85. As the majority notes, the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized the power of states to adopt higher standards to protect individual liberties than those mandated by the federal constitution.Seemajority op., ¶ 57. Indeed, this court frequently analyzes constitutional challenges in terms of both the Wisconsin and the federal constitution.See, e.g.,State v. Dubose,2005 WI 126,285 Wis. 2d 143,699 N.W.2d 582;Maurin v. Hall,2004 WI 100,274 Wis. 2d 28,682 N.W.2d 866;State v. Greve,2004 WI 69,272 Wis. 2d 444,681 N.W.2d 479. While the analysis is often the same under both constitutions, it is not an idle exercise for the court — a consistent result is neither mandatory nor assured.

¶ 86. As early as 1977, United States Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. recognized and encouraged the emerging pattern of state court decisions interpreting their own constitutions, and declining to follow federal precedent they found "unconvincing, even where the state and federal constitutions are similarly or identically phrased." William J. Brennan, Jr.,State Constitutions and the Protection ofIndividual Rights, 90 Harv. L. Rev. 489, 500 (1977) (footnote omitted). Justice Brennan emphasized the fact that the "decisions of the [U.S. Supreme] Court are not, and should not be, dispositive of questions regarding rights guaranteed by counterpart provisions of state law. Accordingly, such decisions are not mechanically applicablePage 132to state law issues, and state court judges and the members of the bar seriously err if they so treat them."Id.at 502 (footnote omitted). This trend of state courts "assert[ing] a role for state constitutions in the protection of individual liberties and the resolution of legal disputes," has become known as "new federalism." Shirley S. Abrahamson,State ConstitutionalLaw, New Judicial Federalism, and the Rehnquist Court, 51 Clev. St. L. Rev. 339, 341 (2004) (footnote omitted).

¶ 87. Over the past three decades, "new federalism" has gained increasing strength across the nation. In 1992, the Supreme Court of Texas referenced "new federalism" when it stated the following: "When a state court interprets the constitution of its state merely as a restatement of the Federal Constitution, it both insults the dignity of the state charter and denies citizens the fullest protection of their rights."Davenport v. Garcia,834 S.W.2d 4,12(Tex. 1992). In 1993, the Ohio Supreme Court embraced "new federalism" when it "join[ed] the growing trend in other states . . . [in recognizing] that the Ohio Constitution is a document of independent force."Arnold v. City of Cleveland,616 N.E.2d 163,169(Ohio 1993);see also State v. Oquendo,613 A.2d 1300(Conn. 1992);State v. Tucker,642 A.2d 401(N.J. 1994);State v. Cardenas-Alvarez,25 P.3d 225(N.M. 2001) (holding that while a prolonged checkpoint stop was not illegal under federal border search law, the stop was illegal under its state constitution);State v. Randolph,74 S.W.3d 330(Tenn. 2002) (rejecting the standard set by the Supreme Court inCalifornia v. Hodari D.,499 U.S. 621(1991) to determine when a person is seized, on state constitutional grounds);State v.Young,957 P.2d 681(Wash. 1998). In fact, between the years 1970 and 1989, "approximately six hundred published opinions relied on state constitutional grounds to provide protectionsPage 133broader than federally interpreted guarantees under the United States Constitution."Davenport,834 S.W.2d at 12n. 21, (citing Linda B. Matarese,Other Voices: The Role of JusticesDurham, Kaye and Abrahamson in Shaping the "New JudicialFederalism, 2 Emerging Issues in St. Const. L. 239, 246 (1989)).

¶ 88. "New federalism" is a concept embraced by both liberals and conservatives. "For the conservative, state constitutionalism represents the triumph of federalism; crucial decisions about the apportionment of rights and benefits are decided by state courts responsive to local needs, rather than by a distant United States Supreme Court. . . ." Stanley Mosk,State Constitutionalism:Both Liberal and Conservative, 63 Tex. L. Rev. 1081 (1985). Clearly, "new federalism" represents the intersection of "conservatives' concern over federalism and states' rights" with "the liberals' concern over safeguarding individual rights."Id.at 1092.

¶ 89. Perhaps the most significant case related to the majority opinion in the present case isCommonwealth v. Martin,827 N.E.2d 198(Mass. 2005), in which the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently concluded that "the [U.S.] Supreme Court's construction of the Miranda rule [inPatane] . . . is no longer adequate to safeguard the parallel but broader protections afforded Massachusetts citizens . . ." by its state constitution.Id.at 200. In that case, police in Boston responded to a "911" call from a person who claimed a man had threatened him with a gun. Police determined it was likely that Martin, who had locked himself in his apartment, had threatened the caller.Id.at 201. Police eventually convinced Martin to surrender, and when he opened his apartment door and stepped into the hallway, he was handcuffed.Id.Police then conducted aPage 134protective sweep of Martin's apartment, and Martin was positively identified by the caller as the person who had threatened him.Id.

¶ 90. Although Martin was in custody at that point, he was not advised of his rights underMiranda. Id.Detectives then informed Martin that they would apply for a search warrant to locate the weapon, but encouraged Martin to expedite the process and tell them where he had put the firearm.Id.Martin replied by telling the detective that he had had problems with the caller in the past.Id."The detective responded by assuring Martin that the police `would look into that,' but reiterated that his main concern was locating the firearm. Martin then told the detective that the firearm was in his bedroom closet."Id.The detective entered Martin's apartment and located a loaded firearm in the closet. It was only at this point that Martin was read hisMirandarights and formally placed under arrest.Id."He was subsequently indicted for assault by means of a dangerous weapon (firearm), unlawful possession of a firearm while being an armed career criminal, and unlawful possession of ammunition."Id.(footnote omitted).

¶ 91. TheMartincourt similarly held that evidence obtained as a result of "unwarned statements where Miranda warnings would have been required by Federal law in order for them to be admissible, is presumptively excludable from evidence at trial as `fruit' of the improper failure to provide such warnings."Id.at 200. Although its reasoning was based upon Massachusetts Constitution Article XII's protection against self-incrimination, the rationale of deterring police misconduct articulated by this majority is the same.See id.at 204;seemajority op. ¶¶ 75-78. "`To allow the police the freedom to disregard the requirementsPage 135of Miranda and thereby risk losing only the direct product of such action, but not the evidence derived from it, would not only not deter future Miranda violations but might well tend to encourage them.'"Martin,827 N.E.2d at 204(quotingState v.Gravel,601 A.2d 678,685(N.H. 1991)).

¶ 92. Here, the majority holding ensures our state's citizens the protections guaranteed to them by the Wisconsin Constitution. In refusing to apply mechanically decisions based on federal law to rights guaranteed by our state constitution, the court continues to place Wisconsin in good company with the many states which have embraced "new federalism."

¶ 93. For the foregoing reasons, I respectfully concur.

¶ 94. I am authorized to state that Chief Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON and Justices ANN WALSH BRADLEY and LOUIS BUTLER, JR. join this concurrence.

¶ 95. JON P. WILCOX, J. (dissenting).

I do not join the majority opinion in this case because the court has failed to adhere to the doctrine of stare decisis. This court has previously established that ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution¹does not create broader rights than those provided by theFifthAmendment of the United States Constitution.²Accordingly, I wouldPage 136affirm the order of the circuit court in conformity with the holding ofUnited States v. Patane,542 U.S. 630,124 S. Ct. 2620(2004).

¶ 96. As I explained in my dissent inJohnson Controls, Inc.v. Employers Insurance of Wausau,2003 WI 108, ¶¶133-164,264 Wis. 2d 60,665 N.W.2d 257, stare decisis is important because "`[r]espect for precedent promotes the evenhanded, predictable, and consistent development of legal principles, fosters reliance on judicial decisions, and contributes to the actual and perceived integrity of the judicial process.'"Id., ¶ 138 (Wilcox, J., dissenting) (quotingState v. Outagamie County Bd.of Adjustment,2001 WI 78, ¶29,244 Wis. 2d 613,628 N.W.2d 376) (internal quotation omitted). Furthermore, "[w]hen legal standards `are open to revision in every case, deciding cases becomes a mere exercise of judicial will, with arbitrary and unpredictable results.'"Id.(Wilcox, J., dissenting) (quotingState v. Stevens,181 Wis. 2d 410,441-42,511 N.W.2d 591(1994) (Abrahamson, J., concurring)).

¶ 97. I do not question the majority's assertion that this court has the power to impose greater protections under the Wisconsin Constitution than those required under the United States Constitution.Seemajority op., ¶ 57. However, this case is not about a question of power or a question of "new federalism." It is a question of adherence to precedent. This court has already determined that the right against self-incrimination afforded by ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution is, as the majority puts it, in "lock-step," majority op., ¶ 59, with theFifthAmendment of the United States Constitution.See State v. Sorenson,143 Wis. 2d 226,421 N.W.2d 77(1988).Page 137

¶ 98. InSorenson, the defendant contended that "the state violated his constitutional rights to due process and to remain silent by commenting during cross examination and during closing argument upon his silence."Id.at 255. The defendant argued that the self-incrimination provision in the state constitution provided broader protections than its counterpart in the federal constitution. TheSorensoncourt dismissed this argument as follows:

In the past, our cases interpreting the right to remain silent have paralleled federal analysis used for the United States Constitution and Amendments.See, e.g., Odell v. State,90 Wis. 2d 149,153,279 N.W.2d 706(1979);Rudolph v. State,78 Wis. 2d 435,442,254 N.W.2d 471(1977);Reichhoff v.State,76 Wis. 2d 375,379-80,251 N.W.2d 470(1977). Further, in comparing the language of the federal self-incrimination provision with that of the Wisconsin section, we note the federal amendment uses the word `shall,' while the Wisconsin Constitution uses the word `may.' While both protect against self-incrimination there can be no logical argument that the state constitutional provision creates a broader right since the language of the Wisconsin Constitution is certainly no stronger than that used in the United States Constitution. As a result, we find no basis for interpreting state constitutional language beyond the articulated scope of federal constitutional guarantees in this case.

Sorenson,143 Wis. 2d at 259-60. As such, this court refused to interpret Article I, Section 8 any broader than the United States Supreme Court's interpretation of theFifthAmendment.

¶ 99. In the more recent case ofState v. Jennings,2002 WI 44,252 Wis. 2d 228,647 N.W.2d 142, we again declined to interpret Article I, Section 8 of our state constitution broader than theFifthAmendment of thePage 138federal constitution. InJennings, the defendant argued that this court should "establish a state constitutional rule requiring the police to clarify ambiguous references to counsel during custodial interrogations."Id., ¶ 37. As noted by the majority, inJenningswe stated that when the language of the Wisconsin Constitution and the United States Constitution is "`virtually identical' . . . Wisconsin courts have normally construed" the constitutions consistent with each other.Id., ¶ 39 (quotingState v. Agnello,226 Wis. 2d 164,180-81,593 N.W.2d 427(1999) (citingState v. Tompkins,144 Wis. 2d 116,133,423 N.W.2d 823(1988))). This court, inJennings, then applied the same analysis utilized inSorenson. Jennings,252 Wis. 2d 228, ¶ 41. Accordingly, we again refused to interpret Article I, Section 8 of our constitution as providing more rights than its federal counterpart. As such, we declined to impose, as a matter of state constitutional law, a rule requiring police to cease a custodial interrogation and clarify a suspect's equivocal or ambiguous references to counsel under ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution.Id., ¶ 42.³

¶ 100. In addition to this court's parallel interpretation of the self-incrimination clauses of the state and federal constitutions, we have also consistently interpreted Wisconsin's due process clause, contained in Article I, Section 8, in conformity with theFifthAmendment to the federal constitution.See State v.Page 139Hezzie R.,219 Wis. 2d 848,580 N.W.2d 660(1998). "This court has repeatedly stated that the due process clauses of the state and federal constitutions are essentially equivalent and are subject to identical interpretation."Id.at 891 (citingReginald D. v. State,193 Wis. 2d 299,307,533 N.W.2d 181(1995)).See also Dowhower v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co.,2000 WI 73,236 Wis. 2d 113,613 N.W.2d 557(noting that Wisconsin Supreme Court cases interpreting theFourteenthAmendment to the United States Constitution and ArticleI, Section1of the Wisconsin Constitution have found no substantial differences between the due process protections provided in each document).

¶ 101. In my view, the majority has not "`come forward with the type of extraordinary showing that this [c]ourt has historically demanded before overruling one of its precedents.'"JohnsonControls,264 Wis. 2d 60, ¶ 137 (Wilcox, J., dissenting) (quotingPayne v. Tennessee,501 U.S. 808,848(1991) (Marshall, J., dissenting)). Ultimately, I am troubled by this court's recent trend of departing from our long history of interpreting similarly-worded provisions of the state and federal constitutions in concert.See State v. Dubose,2005 WI 126, ¶40,285 Wis. 2d 143,699 N.W.2d 582(providing for a broader interpretation of ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution than the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, even though this court has never interpreted the two provisions differently).

¶ 102. We should not suddenly change our well-settled manner of interpreting Article I, Section 8, simply to avoid the impact of the United States Supreme Court's recent decision inPatane.Such a tactic seriously undermines the "prestige, influence, and functionPage 140of the judicial branch of state government."People v. Norman, 112 Cal. Rptr. 43, 49 (Cal.Ct.App. 1974).

¶ 103. To paraphrase the California Court of Appeal inNorman:

[I]f the meaning of the Constitution is as fluid as the personal whims of the Court's membership would make it, it is really no constitution at all. A set of principles setting governmental authority within those bounds is meaningless if [seven] Delphic oracles are permitted to divine its meaning and state it anew each time a question is proposed for resolution. . . . For the same reason, the state system should accept the interpretation of the United States Supreme Court of language in the federal Constitution as controlling of our interpretation of essentially identical language in the [Wisconsin] Constitution unless conditions peculiar to [Wisconsin] support a different meaning. Judges do not represent people, they serve people. To do so, they must not represent a political or social point of view; they must serve the rule of law.

Id.(internal quotations and citations omitted).⁴

¶ 104. Finally, I note that contrary to the majority's assertion,Missouri v. Seibert,542 U.S. 600,124 S. Ct. 2601(2004), simply has no application to the case at bar. First,Seibertfocused on a two-tiered police interrogation scheme. The scheme was implemented as follows: 1) the police questioned a suspect until a confession was obtained; and 2) theMirandawarnings were then read to the suspect, after which the policePage 141repeated the previous questioning until the suspect gave the same confession.Seibert,124 S. Ct. at 2602. The Supreme Court held that Seibert's postwarning statements were inadmissible.Id.at 2613.

¶ 105. In this case, Detective Roets did not utilize such a scheme; he asked Knapp what he had been wearing the prior evening, without first reading Knapp theMirandawarnings.Seemajority op., ¶¶ 7-8. In response, Knapp pointed to a pile of clothing that Detective Roets then seized.Id., ¶ 8. These two scenarios are not comparable, and as such, the analysis developed inSeiberthas no application to this case. Second,Seibertfocused on the admissibility ofverbal statements.This case concerns the admissibility ofphysical evidence.As the Supreme Court explained inPatane, "theMirandarule is a prophylactic employed to protect against violations of the Self-Incrimination Clause. The Self-Incrimination Clause, however, is not implicated by the admission into evidence of the physical fruit of a voluntary statement. Accordingly, there is no justification for extending theMirandarule to this context."Patane,124 S. Ct. at 2626. Thus, becauseSeibertand the case at bar involve different types of evidence and different procedures for obtaining that evidence,Seiberthas no application to the present case.

¶ 106. In sum, I am of the opinion that our prior decisions concerning the interpretation of ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution are clear and should not be abandoned. I am not persuaded that this court should depart from our practice of interpreting ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution in conformity with the United States Supreme Court's interpretations of theFifthAmendment of the United States Constitution. As such, I am compelled to dissent.Page 142

¶ 107. I am authorized to state that Justice PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK joins in this dissent.

¶ 108. DAVID T. PROSSER, J. (dissenting).

I respectfully dissent for the reasons stated in my dissent inState v. Dubose,2005 WI 126,285 Wis. 2d 143,699 N.W.2d 582.Page 143

Wisconsin v. Knapp,542 U.S. 952,124 S. Ct. 2932(Wis. Jun. 30, 2004) (No. 03-590). ↩
Miranda v. Arizona,384 U.S. 436(1966). ↩
Our decision rests on bona fide separate, adequate, and independent state grounds.See Michigan v. Long,463 U.S. 1032,1040(1983).

Further, we reinstate all portions of our decision inState v.Knapp,2003 WI 121,265 Wis. 2d 278,666 N.W. 2d 881, not implicated by the Supreme Court's order vacating our decision in light ofUnited States v. Patane,542 U.S. 630,124 S. Ct. 2620(2004). ↩
The alternate arguments Knapp raised for suppressing the sweatshirt are whether there was a knock-and-announce violation or a violation ofEdwards v. Arizona,451 U.S. 477(1981).SeeState v. Knapp,2003 WI 121, ¶¶118, 121,265 Wis. 2d 278,666 N.W.2d 881(Knapp I). Because we conclude the evidence is inadmissible under ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution, we do not address these alternate grounds for suppression. ↩
For this reason, the Supreme Court inArizona v. Evans,514 U.S. 1,14-16(1995), concluded that the exclusionary rule did not apply to evidence obtained from an arrest that was premised on an arrest warrant that should have been quashed from computer records and would have been quashed but for a clerical error by court employees. The Court determined that there was nothing to deter by suppressing evidence obtained as a result of a court personnel's clerical error. The Court stated, "Because court clerks are not adjuncts to the law enforcement team engaged in the often competitive enterprise of ferreting out crime, they have no stake in the outcome of particular criminal prosecutions."Id.at 15. In addition, "If it were indeed a court clerk who was responsible for the erroneous entry on the police computer, application of the exclusionary rule . . . could not be expected to alter the behavior of the arresting officer."Id.Because "Where is no indication that the arresting officer was not acting objectively reasonably when he relied upon the police computer record," the Court held that there was "a categorical exception to the exclusionary rule for clerical errors of court employees."Id.at 15-16. ↩
This is true regardless of whether there was a negligent or even calculated failure to provide the suspect with the full panoply of warnings prescribed byMiranda, provided the statement was not actually coerced.Patane v. United States,542 U.S. 630,124 S. Ct. 2620,2629(2004). ↩
Missouri v. Seibert,124 S. Ct. 2601(2004), focused onMiranda's concern of ensuring statements are voluntary. In the present case, when the police knocked on Knapp's door to arrest him, Knapp picked up a telephone to call his attorney. Officer Roets understood that Knapp was trying to get a hold of his attorney, but Roets nonetheless asked Knapp what he was wearing the night of Resa's murder. Further, while Knapp was at the police station with Roets, Knapp stated he did not want to make or sign a statement without a lawyer. Nevertheless, Roets continued his interrogation.

The voluntariness of all of Knapp's statements from these interrogations is suspect, as Knapp attempted to invoke his right to counsel.See Edwards,451 U.S. 477;State v. Jennings,2002 WI 44,252 Wis. 2d 228,647 N.W.2d 142. Moreover, this is not a situation where, as inPatane, Knapp declined to receiveMirandawarnings that were being given by the police.SeePatane,124 S. Ct. at 2625. LikeSeibert, this case involves a situation that reveals a police strategy adapted to undermine theMirandawarnings.Seibert,124 S. Ct. at 2612. Nevertheless, we do not address this issue as we conclude that physical fruits obtained from an intentionalMirandaviolation are not admissible under ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution. ↩
ArticleI, section8of the Wisconsin Constitution states in pertinent part:
(1) No person may be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law, and no person for the same offense may be put twice in jeopardy of punishment, nor may be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself or herself.
↩
TheFifthAmendment to the United States Constitution provides in relevant part:
No person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
↩
ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution provided: "No person . . . may be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."

ArticleI, Section11of the Wisconsin Constitution provided:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
↩
We break here to note thatHoyer v. State,180 Wis. 407,193 N.W. 89(1923), is not the only instance where this court has declared constitutional protections "long before the United States Supreme Court has seen fit to make those standards mandatory upon the states."State v. Taylor,60 Wis. 2d 506,522-23,210 N.W.2d 873(1973).

In the context of Article I, Section 8, which we have already noted is the counterpart to theFifthAmendment, this court inReichhoff v. State,76 Wis. 2d 375,379,251 N.W.2d 470(1977), observed:
As early as 1891, this court has condemned efforts by a prosecutor to make use of a defendant's invocation of his constitutional privilege to remain silent at trial. Prior toMiranda v. Arizona, [384 U.S. 436(1966)], the law in this state was that "evidence concerning the [accused's] failure to respond to a nonaccusatory charge [at the time of apprehension] is not admissible."Galloway v. State,32 Wis. 2d 414, 425a,145 N.W.2d 761, 147 N.W.2d 542 (1966). Subsequent toMirandathis court has recognized as constitutional error the introduction of testimony relating to defendant's silence when in custody.Scales v. State,64 Wis. 2d 485,219 N.W.2d 286(1974);State v. Johnson,60 Wis. 2d 334,342-344,210 N.W.2d 735(1973);Buckner v. State,56 Wis. 2d 539,548,549,202 N.W.2d 406(1972).Cf. State v.Dean,67 Wis. 2d 513,536,537,227 N.W.2d 712(1975). The use of custodial silence to impeach a defendant's exculpatory story was held improper in federal criminal prosecutions inUnited States v.Hale, [422 U.S. 171(1975)] and in state criminal prosecutions inDoyle v. Ohio, [426 U.S. 610(1976)].

In the context of Article I, Section 7, the complement to theSixthAmendment, this court, in a prescient decision, recognized the right to counsel at state expense in 1859 inCarpenter v.County of Dane,9 Wis. 249, [*274] (1859). This court held that "[i]t seems eminently proper and just that the county, even in the absence of all statutory provision imposing the obligation, should pay an attorney for defending a destitute criminal."Id.at 252 [*277].Carpenterarrived over 100 years before the Supreme Court inGideon v. Wainwright,372 U.S. 335(1963), required the appointment of counsel as a constitutional right. ↩
The same is true of ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution. ↩
See also Jennings,252 Wis. 2d 228, ¶ 25 n. 6 (describingDickersonas concluding thatMirandaestablished a "federal constitutional rule"). ↩
This is not the first time we have explicitly departed from federal constitutional jurisprudence to extend greater rights to Wisconsin citizens.

InState v. Hansford,219 Wis. 2d 226,242,580 N.W.2d 171(1998), this court declined to extend the Supreme Court's reasoning inWilliams v. Florida,399 U.S. 78(1970), which held theSixthAmendment does not require a 12-person jury, to ArticleI, Section7of the Wisconsin Constitution. This court held that Article I, Section 7 guarantees a defendant charged with a misdemeanor was entitled to a 12-person jury.

InState v. Eason,2001 WI 98, ¶63,245 Wis. 2d 206,629 N.W.2d 625, this court departed from the Supreme Court's holding inUnited States v. Leon,468 U.S. 897,919-20(1984), where the Supreme Court formulated an exception to the exclusionary rule where a police officer relied in good faith upon a search warrant issued by an independent and neutral magistrate. This court concluded that for the good faith exception to apply, "the State must show that the process used attendant to obtaining the search warrant included a significant investigation and a review by a police officer trained in, or very knowledgeable of, the legal vagaries of probable cause and reasonable suspicion, or a knowledgeable government attorney."Eason,245 Wis. 2d 206, ¶ 63. Although the Supreme Court did not require this inLeon, this court held "that ArticleI, Section11of the Wisconsin Constitution requires this process and thus affords additional protection than that which is afforded by theFourthAmendment."Id. ↩
Professor Kamisar is quite passionate about the consequences of this example, as he emphatically asks:
Doesn't the Court care that when the police fail to administer theMirandawarnings to custodial suspects, they are disobeying the law while enforcing it? Doesn't the Court care that when the prosecution is allowed to use the physical fruits of police failures to comply with theMirandarules, they "invite the police to turn their backs onMiranda?"

Yale Kamisar,Postscript: Another Look at Patane and Seibert,the 2004 Miranda "Poisoned Fruit" Cases, 2 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 97, 105 (2004). ↩
Wollin also warns:
Indeed, there are many reported cases where the police have arrested suspects and interrogated them without theMirandawarnings in order to discover the existence or location of nontestimonial evidence. This should not come as a surprise to those knowledgeable about police practices. Expert interrogators have long recognized, and continue to instruct, that a confession is a primary source for determining the existence and whereabouts of the fruits of a crime, such as documents or weapons.

David A. Wollin,Policing the Police: Should Miranda ViolationsBear Fruit?, 53 Ohio St. L.J. 805, 845 (1992) (citation omitted). ↩
See also Mapp v. Ohio,367 U.S. 643,659(1961) ("The criminal goes free, if he must, but it is the law that sets him free. Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence."); andid.at 660 ("The ignoble shortcut to conviction left open to the State tends to destroy the entire system of constitutional restraints on which the liberties of the people rest."). ↩
See, e.g., United States v. Ventresca,380 U.S. 102,111-12(1965) ("This Court is alert to invalidate unconstitutional searches and seizures whether with or without a warrant. By doing so, it vindicates individual liberties and strengthens the administration of justice by promoting respect for law and order. This Court is equally concerned to uphold the actions of law enforcement officers consistently following the proper constitutional course. This is no less important to the administration of justice than the invalidation of convictions because of disregard of individual rights or official overreaching."). ↩
See, e.g., Harris v. United States,331 U.S. 145,172(1947) ("Stooping to questionable methods neither enhances that respect for law which is the most potent element in law enforcement, nor, in the long run, do such methods promote successful prosecution."). ↩
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has "a long history of recognizing the vitality of the Declaration of Rights of the Wisconsin Constitution (article1). . . ."State v. Pallone,2000 WI 77, ¶92,236 Wis. 2d 162,613 N.W.2d 568(Abrahamson, C.J., dissenting). The Chief Justice went on to urge that the court "continue our traditional approach of examining our own constitution and our own precedents."Id.(citingJokosh v.State,181 Wis. 160,163,193 N.W. 976(1923);Hoyer v. State,180 Wis. 407,417,193 N.W. 89(1923); John Sundquist,Construction of the Wisconsin Constitution — Recurrence toFundamental Principles, 62 Marq. L. Rev. 531 (1979); Comment,The Independent Application of State Constitutional Provisionsto Questions of Criminal Procedure, 62 Marq. L. Rev. 596 (1979); Comment,Rediscovering the Wisconsin Constitution: Presentationof Constitutional Questions in State Courts, 1983 Wis. L. Rev. 483; Joseph A. Ranney,Trusting Nothing to Providence: A Historyof Wisconsin's Legal System499-500 (1999)). ↩
ArticleI, Section8of the Wisconsin Constitution provides in relevant part: "No person may be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law, and no person for the same offense may be put twice in jeopardy of punishment, nor may be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself or herself." ↩
TheFifthAmendment to the United States Constitution provides in relevant part: "No person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." ↩
For additional authority concerning the co-extensive rights of the self-incrimination clauses in Article I, Section 8 and theFifthAmendment, seeState v. Hall,207 Wis. 2d 54,67-68,557 N.W.2d 778(1997);State v. Schultz,152 Wis. 2d 408,416n. 6,448 N.W.2d 424(1989);State v. Fencl,109 Wis. 2d 224,237n. 9,325 N.W.2d 703(1982);State v. Mallick,210 Wis. 2d 427,429n. 1,565 N.W.2d 245(Ct.App. 1997). ↩
I recognize that this opinion of the California Court of Appeal was later vacated by the California Supreme Court inPeople v. Norman,538 P.2d 237(Cal. 1975). I quote this opinion solely for the persuasiveness of its reasoning. However, I note that the above-quoted language was also reproduced in the dissent inNorman,538 P.2d at 246(Clark, J. dissenting). ↩