5 Md. App. 337 - Howell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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25 state decisions

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1. ““On the basis of the record before us, we need not determine whether appellant was given his constitutional warnings prior to the time he made the incriminating statement, or whether, if the warnings had been given, he waived his right to remain silent and to have counsel. We think it plain that while appellant was in custody when he made the statement in question, it was not made in response to an interrogation within the meaning of Miranda . It appears to us that the police officer merely responded to a question asked of him by the appellant, and that appellant’s further statement made in response to the officer’s question can in no event be considered as resulting from an interrogation within the rationale and meaning of the Miranda decision.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 27 Md. App. 361 - Cummings v. State