Black v. Ohio Dept. of Dev. Disabilities

How courts have described this case

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• noting that purpose behind Miranda was “preventing government officials from using the coercive nature of confinement to extract confessions that would not be given in an unrestrained environment”
• noting that defendant was advised of his Miranda rights upon arrest and again upon arrival at police station
• stating that statements are volunteered where not the result of “compelling influences, psychological ploys, or direct questioning”
• police did not interrogate suspect by permitting wife to speak with suspect and hoping that suspect would make admission; suspect “was not subjected to compelling influences, psychological ploys, or direct questioning”
• tape recorded conversation between defendant and his wife was not \functional equivalent\ of interrogation, where detective asked no questions about crime or conduct during call, and evidence did not suggest call was psychological ploy
• Miranda applied to “functional equivalent” of interrogation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).