Opinion ID: 2169632
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: statements made to pankonin

Text: As his second assignment of error, Burdette asserts that the district court improperly admitted testimony of statements he made to Pankonin on October 27, 1998, because such statements were obtained in violation of his constitutional rights. Burdette argues that his constitutional rights were violated in two respects: (1) The initial stop was an unlawful seizure under the Fourth Amendment and article I, § 7, of the Nebraska Constitution and (2) the statements were obtained during a custodial interrogation prior to which the officers had failed to give Burdette Miranda warnings in violation of the Fifth Amendment and article I, § 12, of the Nebraska Constitution. The district court denied Burdette's motion to suppress and determined that Burdette was properly stopped for the purpose of updating his sex offender registration and that Burdette was not in custody at the time he made the statements to Pankonin. Although we do not find it necessary to address the district court's conclusion that Burdette was properly stopped for the purpose of updating his sex offender registration, we conclude that the district court properly denied the motion to suppress because Burdette was properly stopped pursuant to a locate based on reasonable suspicion and Burdette was not in custody for Miranda purposes when he made the statements to Pankonin.