No. 18-1542

Bobby Johnson v. North Carolina

Lower Court: North Carolina
Docketed: 2019-06-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: admissibility admissibility-of-statements constitutional-rights custodial-interrogation due-process law-enforcement law-enforcement-procedure miranda-warnings self-incrimination timing timing-of-warnings
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-28
Waiver of right of respondent State of North Carolina to respond filed.
2019-06-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2019)
2019-03-27
Application (18A969) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 9, 2019.
2019-03-22
Application (18A969) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 10, 2019 to June 9, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Bobby Johnson
Brian David BooneALSTON & BIRD LLP, Petitioner
Brian David BooneALSTON & BIRD LLP, Petitioner
State of North Carolina
Derrick Charles MertzNorth Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent
Derrick Charles MertzNorth Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent