Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Tyrone WASHINGTON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2018-04-20
Citations: 240 So. 3d 908
Docket Number: No. 2018–KK–0206
Parties: STATE of Louisiana
v.
Tyrone WASHINGTON
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 240
Pages: 908–908

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Tyrone WASHINGTON
No. 2018-KK-0206
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 20, 2018
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Writ granted. The district court's ruling that granted defendant's motion to suppress her statement is reversed and the matter is remanded for further proceedings. The officer's decision to forego the prophylactic protections of Miranda v. Arizona , 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), to quickly ascertain the degree of immediate risk of a potential accelerant-fueled house fire was objectively reasonable. Therefore, the district court erred in granting defendant's motion to suppress. See New York v. Quarles , 467 U.S. 649, 657, 104 S.Ct. 2626, 2632, 81 L.Ed.2d 550 (1984) ("We conclude that the need for answers to questions in a situation posing a threat to the public safety outweighs the need for the prophylactic rule protecting the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination.").
REVERSED AND REMANDED