STATE v. MARTIN

No. 53683.

433 S.W.2d 565 (1968)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Alvin MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

November 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Don Anton, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for respondent.

Vincent S. Moody, St. Louis, for appellant.


PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

The issue here is whether there is reversible error in the failure of an interrogating police officer to give the warnings required in Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, prior to eliciting an exculpatory statement from appellant, who was in custody.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of possession of a narcotic drug: Cannabis Sativa, also called marijuana...

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