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NORTH CAROLINA v. BUTLER

No. 78-354.

441 U.S. 369 (1979)

NORTH CAROLINA v. BUTLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester V. Chalmers, Jr., Special Deputy Attorney General of North Carolina, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General, and Donald W. Stephens and Thomas F. Moffitt, Assistant Attorneys General.

R. Gene Braswell, by appointment of the Court, 439 U.S. 1113, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

In evident conflict with the present view of every other court that has considered the issue, the North Carolina Supreme Court has held that Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, requires that no statement of a person under custodial interrogation may be admitted in evidence against him unless, at the time the statement was made, he explicitly waived the right to the...

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