Based on the Supreme Court’s decision in _____________, if other officers had already made plans to send a search party into the woods first thing in the morning, then police might be able to invoke the inevitable discovery doctrine in order to use the

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evidence found on and around the body at trial.

Billy is in an interrogation room at a police station. He was brought there after being
arrested on suspicion of DUI. He was not read his Miranda rights on the side of the road
when he was taken into custody and was not read his Miranda rights upon arriving at the
station either. The detective who enters the interrogation room is unaware of this
information and begins questioning Billy about his whereabouts that evening. Billy
mentions that he was at a bar called “The Floating Walrus.” This piques the detectives
interest, because a woman last seen at that bar has been reported missing. When the
detective mentions her name, Billy breaks down crying and asks for forgiveness. Billy then
says her body is in a wooded area about 250 feet behind the bar. The detective leaves the
station, heads to that area, and finds the woman’s body; she is dead from a gunshot wound.
A gun registered to Billy is lying next to her.

a. Wong Sun v. United States
b. Minnesota v. Dickerson
c. Nix v. Williams
d. New York v. Quarles

Answer 1

Answer: C