DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Following a jury trial, Vernell Carpenter was convicted of burglary of a business and sentenced to seven years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. This case involves a prosecutor's use of information at trial that a police officer obtained from Carpenter prior to advising him of his constitutional rights.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶ 2. While on patrol, Officer Samuel...
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