Opinion ID: 2195033
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Heading: Delay in providing a Miranda warning

Text: The investigators did not give Burrell the Miranda warning until about 10 minutes after they began talking to him in the interrogation room. Although the majority does not find it necessary to consider this circumstance, I would conclude that it did not taint the interrogation. We have criticized a process where the investigators seek to obtain inculpating statements before giving the Miranda warning, and then to have the suspect repeat those statements after giving the warning. State v. Bailey, 677 N.W.2d 380, 390 (Minn.2004), rehearing denied (Minn. Apr. 22, 2004). Recently, in Missouri v. Seibert, the United States Supreme Court likewise condemned any deliberate attempt to make an end run around Miranda. 542 U.S. 600, 124 S.Ct. 2601, 2606-07, 159 L.Ed.2d 643 (2004). The circumstances here do not present the concerns raised in Bailey and Seibert because the investigators did not ask Burrell any questions about the shooting during the pre- Miranda segment. They only used this time for preliminary matters, such as to explain why they wanted to question Burrell. They actually tried to prevent him from making any statements about the shooting until after the Miranda warning was given. The investigators were undoubtedly trying to put Burrell at ease and to encourage him to talk. These are appropriate law enforcement goals and they did not violate Burrell's constitutional rights.