WOLLMAN, Justice.
Defendants were found guilty by a circuit court jury of the offense of third degree burglary.
The question on appeal is whether the investigating officer's failure to give the statutory Miranda warnings, SDCL 23-44-2, in the exact words of the statute precluded the use by the state of defendants' written statements admitting their participation in the offense charged.
SDCL 23-44-2 provides that:
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