Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant walked into a police precinct, his clothing stained with what appeared to be blood, approached the officer at the front desk, and informed her that "I want to turn myself in, I just stabbed my girlfriend". The officer asked him where the knife was and the defendant said "I have it right here".
The question regarding the knife was permissible under the public safety exception to the Miranda rule enunciated...
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