In what circumstances will a court admit that a statement obtained from a police interview was in breach of the Miranda rights?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Daniels, B249088 (Cal. App. 2014):
In any event, any error in admitting appellant's statements from the interrogation was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. (See Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18, 24; People v. Sims (1993) 5 Cal.4th 405, 447-448 [admission of statement obtained in violation of Miranda subject to harmless error analysis under California Constitution].) Appellant and fellow gang members Banks, Gardiner, and Matthews, participated in an attempted robbery of a marijuana dispensary in which a security guard was killed during
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