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Bobby Johnson v. North Carolina
Paid petition · Supreme Court of North Carolina, No. 57PA17 · judgment January 10, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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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.
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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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brian David Boone
Alston & Bird LLP
For respondent
Derrick Charles Mertz
North Carolina Department of Justice
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2019Petition DENIED.
- Jul 10 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
- Jun 28 2019Waiver of right of respondent State of North Carolina to respond filed.
- Jun 10 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2019)
- Mar 27 2019Application (18A969) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 9, 2019.
- Mar 22 2019Application (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.