STATE v. LAVARIS

No. 49094-5.

99 Wn.2d 851 (1983)

664 P.2d 1234

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. LUIS M. LAVARIS, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Wohl of Washington Appellate Defender Association, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Margaret Doyle Fitzpatrick and Jeff Baird, Deputies, for respondent.


STAFFORD, J.

Petitioner, Luis Lavaris, challenges a Court of Appeals decision which upheld the admissibility of a confession which he made shortly after receiving the required Miranda warnings. He asserts that inculpatory statements made immediately prior to the warnings rendered the subsequent confession inadmissible. We hold that once a criminal defendant has let the "cat out of the bag", the subsequent giving of Miranda warnings alone will not erase...

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