State v. Wethered

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• noting act of handing over contraband \was a confession of knowledge\ with regard to contraband
• noting act of handing over contraband “was a confession of knowledge” with regard to contraband
• evidence is admissible even if discovered through a statement obtained from a defendant in violation of Miranda, so long as the statement was obtained without use of coercive tactics
• ‘‘[when] a police officer’s questioning or requests induce a suspect to hand over or reveal the location of incriminating evidence, such [a] nonverbal act may be testimonial in nature; the act should be suppressed if done while in custody in the absence of Miranda warnings’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).