Priddy v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Priddy v. State

198 N.W.2d 624, 55 Wis. 2d 312, 1972 Wisc. LEXIS 996

CourtWisconsin Supreme Court

DecidedJune 30, 1972

DocketState 171

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Priddy v. State, 198 N.W.2d 624, 55 Wis. 2d 312, 1972 Wisc. LEXIS 996 (Wis. 1972).

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Heffernan, J.

The Miranda warnings had not been given at the time Priddy stated, “Yeah, I put a knife to his throat.” Contrary to the findings of the trial judge, the defendant was in custody at the time the statement was made. Findings made in the Goodchild-type hearing will be sustained unless they are contrary to the great weight and clear preponderance of the evidence. McClellan v. State (1972), 53 Wis. 2d 724, 728, 193 N. W. 2d 711. In the instant case the evidence is undisputed that at the time the defendant made the statement he was in custody. He had been told to come out of his automobile with his hands up, and he had already been frisked. However, the rule of Miranda v. Arizona (1966), 384 U. S. 436, 86 Sup. Ct. 1602, 16 L. Ed. 2d 694, only excludes a statement given while in custody and resulting from interrogation. The testimony is undisputed that the questioning of the defendant by the police officers had not been begun.

The case is ruled by Roney v. State (1969), 44 Wis. 2d 522, 171 N. W. 2d 400. Therein we said at pages 531, 532:

“As is clearly stated in Miranda, however, custody alone does not invoke the Miranda rule. Miranda holds that a statement that is volunteered and not elicited as a result of prior interrogation is free from the strictures of Miranda even if made while in custody. The statement of the defendant herein was completely spontaneous ^and was not in response to any interrogation

The trial judge’s finding that the statement was a voluntary exclamation is supported by the evidence. *315 Under the test of Roney v. State it was a “volunteered” inculpatory statement not subject to the exclusionary rule of Miranda.

By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.

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Heffernan, J.

The Miranda warnings had not been given at the time Priddy stated, “Yeah, I put a knife to his throat.” Contrary to the findings of the trial judge, the defendant was in custody at the time the statement was made. Findings made in the Goodchild-type hearing will be sustained unless they are contrary to the great weight and clear preponderance of the evidence. McClellan v. State (1972), 53 Wis. 2d 724, 728, 193 N. W. 2d 711. In the instant case the evidence is undisputed that at the time the defendant made the statement he was in custody. He had been told to come out of his automobile with his hands up, and he had already been frisked. However, the rule of Miranda v. Arizona (1966), 384 U. S. 436, 86 Sup. Ct. 1602, 16 L. Ed. 2d 694, only excludes a statement given while in custody and resulting from interrogation. The testimony is undisputed that the questioning of the defendant by the police officers had not been begun.

The case is ruled by Roney v. State (1969), 44 Wis. 2d 522, 171 N. W. 2d 400. Therein we said at pages 531, 532:

“As is clearly stated in Miranda, however, custody alone does not invoke the Miranda rule. Miranda holds that a statement that is volunteered and not elicited as a result of prior interrogation is free from the strictures of Miranda even if made while in custody. The statement of the defendant herein was completely spontaneous ^and was not in response to any interrogation

The trial judge’s finding that the statement was a voluntary exclamation is supported by the evidence. *315 Under the test of Roney v. State it was a “volunteered” inculpatory statement not subject to the exclusionary rule of Miranda.

By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.

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