Bobby Johnson v. North Carolina
DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Whether an officer violates a defendant's constitutional privilege against self-incrimination or due process rights by delivering Miranda warnings at the end of a long, uninterrupted custodial interrogation but before the defendant makes any incriminating statements and timing the warnings to undermine their effectiveness
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether an officer violates a defendant’s constitutional privilege against self-incrimination or due process rights by (a) delivering Miranda warnings at the end of a long, uninterrupted custodial interrogation but before the defendant makes any incriminating statements and (b) timing the warnings to undermine their effectiveness. 2. Whether incriminating statements that a defendant made after receiving Miranda warnings are admissible when an officer (a) delivered the warnings at the end of a long, uninterrupted custodial interrogation but before the defendant made any incriminating statements and (b) timed the warnings to undermine their effectiveness.