You Are the On-Duty Desk Sergeant at the Local Police

question 75

Multiple Choice

You are the on-duty desk sergeant at the local police station. A man walks in and says, "I killed someone and want to confess." You grab your digital voice recorder and direct the man to a chair. He sits down and tells the tale of what turns out to be a first-degree murder. You record every word, including the numerous instances in which you said, "Uh- huh" and "I see." Satisfied that the subject did, indeed, commit a murder, you place him under arrest. The confession is:

• A) inadmissible, because recording it was a violation of the man's reasonable expectation of privacy.
• B) inadmissible, because the man was in a coercive environment and was, therefore, in custody for purposes of Miranda, and the encouragement to continue was interrogation.
• C) admissible under the public safety exception to Miranda, because the man was a danger to police officers and the public.
• D) admissible as a voluntary statement, because the subject was neither in custody nor interrogated for purposes of Miranda.

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