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Task: Miranda and Volunteered Statements

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).

Where a suspect voulunteers statements to a law enforcement

officer, the officer need not stop the suspect and all such statements
are admissible in the prosecution’s case notwithstanding the lack of

Miranda warnings.

• Volunteered statements are not the result of government coercion

that Miranda warnings are designed to overcome.

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