Judge STRAUB concurs in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion.
MINER, Circuit Judge:
The question presented is whether, absent Miranda warnings, the admission at trial of an unsolicited comment by a defendant to a police officer — volunteered as an additional response to a "pedigree" question during booking — violates the defendant's Fifth Amendment right to be free from self-incrimination.
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