Court Opinion

ID: 9515233
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 22:54:51.78658+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:26.521237
License: Public Domain

SABERS, Justice
(concurring in result).
[¶ 13.] The facts surrounding Wright’s “confession” show that he was subjected to custodial interrogation without the benefit of Miranda warnings. Wright had a good argument that he was coerced, tricked, coached or compelled by borderline promises and misrepresentations that this was a small matter in the process of getting his children back. For this small matter, he received 55 years in prison. However, it appears that the heart of this argument was destroyed by defense counsel’s concession that Wright was not in custody during the interrogation. In view of that concession, his arguments on the merits fall flat. Therefore, I concur in result.