rhode island innis argued october decided may shortly taxicab driver robbed man wielding shotgun identified picture respondent assailant providence patrolman spotted respondent unarmed street arrested advised rights miranda arizona police officers arrived arrest scene respondent twice advised miranda rights stated understood rights wanted speak lawyer respondent placed police car driven central station company three officers instructed question respondent intimidate way en route station two officers engaged conversation concerning missing shotgun one officers stated lot handicapped children running around area school children located nearby god forbid one might find weapon shells might hurt respondent interrupted conversation stating officers turn car around show gun located upon returning scene arrest search shotgun progress respondent advised miranda rights replied understood rights wanted get gun way kids area school led police shotgun trial charges kidnaping robbery murder another driver trial denied respondent motion suppress shotgun statements made police regarding discovery ruling respondent waived miranda rights respondent subsequently convicted rhode island set aside conviction held respondent entitled new trial concluding respondent invoked miranda right counsel contrary miranda mandate absence counsel custodial interrogation cease police officers vehicle interrogated respondent without valid waiver right counsel held respondent interrogated violation right miranda remain silent consulted lawyer pp miranda safeguards come play whenever person custody subjected either express questioning functional equivalent say term interrogation miranda refers express questioning also words actions part police normally attendant arrest custody police know reasonably likely elicit incriminating response suspect latter portion definition focuses primarily upon perceptions suspect rather intent police pp express questioning respondent conversation two officers least form nothing dialogue response respondent invited moreover respondent subjected functional equivalent questioning since said officers known conversation reasonably likely elicit incriminating response respondent nothing record suggest officers aware respondent peculiarly susceptible appeal conscience concerning safety handicapped children police knew respondent unusually disoriented upset time arrest record indicate context brief conversation officers known respondent suddenly moved make response may said respondent subjected subtle compulsion must also established suspect incriminating response product words actions part police known reasonably likely elicit incriminating response established pp stewart delivered opinion white blackmun powell rehnquist joined white filed concurring opinion post burger filed opinion concurring judgment post marshall filed dissenting opinion brennan joined post stevens filed dissenting opinion post dennis roberts ii attorney general rhode island argued cause petitioner briefs nancy marks rahmes stephen lichatin iii special assistant attorneys general john macfadyen iii argued cause respondent brief william reilly briefs amici curiae filed george deukmejian attorney general robert philibosian chief assistant attorney general william james senior assistant attorney general state california fred okrand mark rosenbaum aclu foundation southern california et al justice stewart delivered opinion miranda arizona held defendant custody asks speak lawyer interrogation must cease lawyer present issue case whether respondent interrogated violation standards promulgated miranda opinion night january john mulvaney providence taxicab driver disappeared dispatched pick customer body discovered four days later buried shallow grave coventry died shotgun blast aimed back head january shortly midnight providence police received telephone call gerald aubin also taxicab driver reported robbed man wielding shotgun aubin reported dropped assailant near rhode island college section providence known mount pleasant providence police station waiting give statement aubin noticed picture assailant bulletin board aubin informed one police officers present officer prepared photo array aubin identified picture person person respondent shortly thereafter providence police began search mount pleasant area approximately date patrolman lovell cruising streets mount pleasant patrol car spotted respondent standing street facing patrolman lovell stopped car respondent walked towards patrolman lovell arrested respondent unarmed advised miranda rights two men waited patrol car police officers arrive patrolman lovell converse respondent respond latter request cigarette within minutes sergeant sears arrived scene arrest also gave respondent miranda warnings immediately thereafter captain leyden police officers arrived captain leyden advised respondent miranda rights respondent stated understood rights wanted speak lawyer captain leyden directed respondent placed caged wagon police car wire screen mesh front rear seats driven central police station three officers patrolmen gleckman williams mckenna assigned accompany respondent central station placed respondent vehicle shut doors captain leyden instructed officers question respondent intimidate coerce way three officers entered vehicle departed en route central station patrolman gleckman initiated conversation patrolman mckenna concerning missing shotgun patrolman gleckman later testified point talking back forth patrolman mckenna stating frequent area patrol school handicapped children located nearby lot handicapped children running around area god forbid one might find weapon shells might hurt app less concurred gleckman safety factor know continue search weapon try find gleckman said bad little believe said girl pick gun maybe kill police vehicle returned scene arrest search shotgun progress captain leyden advised respondent miranda rights respondent replied understood rights wanted get gun way kids area school respondent led police nearby field pointed shotgun rocks side road march grand jury returned indictment charging respondent kidnaping robbery murder john mulvaney trial respondent moved suppress shotgun statements made police regarding evidentiary hearing respondent elected testify trial judge found respondent repeatedly completely advised miranda rights found entirely understandable officers police vehicle voice concern safety handicapped children judge concluded respondent decision inform police location shotgun waiver clearly basis evidence heard sic intelligent waiver miranda right remain silent thus without passing whether police officers fact interrogated respondent trial sustained admissibility shotgun testimony related discovery evidence later introduced respondent trial jury returned verdict guilty counts appeal rhode island decision set aside respondent conviction relying least part decision brewer williams concluded respondent invoked miranda right counsel contrary miranda mandate absence counsel custodial interrogation cease police officers vehicle interrogated respondent without valid waiver right counsel view state appellate even though police officers may genuinely concerned public safety even though respondent addressed personally police officers respondent nonetheless subjected subtle coercion equivalent interrogation within meaning miranda opinion moreover contrary holding trial appellate concluded evidence insufficient support finding waiver concluded shotgun testimony relating discovery obtained violation miranda standards therefore admitted evidence rhode island held respondent entitled new trial granted certiorari address first time meaning interrogation miranda arizona ii miranda opinion concluded context custodial interrogation certain procedural safeguards necessary protect defendant fifth fourteenth amendment privilege compulsory specifically held prosecution may use statements whether exculpatory inculpatory stemming custodial interrogation defendant unless demonstrates use procedural safeguards effective secure privilege safeguards included familiar miranda warnings namely defendant informed right remain silent anything says used law right presence attorney afford attorney one appointed prior questioning desires equivalent miranda opinion also outlined detail consequences result defendant sought invoke procedural safeguards regard right presence counsel noted warnings given subsequent procedure clear individual wants attorney interrogation must cease attorney present time individual must opportunity confer attorney present subsequent questioning individual obtain attorney indicates wants one speaking police must respect decision remain silent issue therefore whether respondent interrogated police officers violation respondent undisputed right miranda remain silent consulted lawyer resolving issue first define term interrogation miranda turning consideration facts case starting point defining interrogation context course miranda opinion observed custodial interrogation mean questioning initiated law enforcement officers person taken custody otherwise deprived freedom action significant way emphasis added passage references throughout opinion questioning might suggest miranda rules apply police interrogation practices involve express questioning defendant custody however construe miranda opinion narrowly concern miranda interrogation environment created interplay interrogation custody subjugate individual examiner thereby undermine privilege compulsory police practices evoked concern included several involve express questioning example one practices discussed miranda use coached witness pick defendant perpetrator designed establish defendant fact guilty predicate interrogation variation theme discussed miranda reverse defendant identified coached witnesses perpetrator fictitious crime object inducing confess actual crime suspected order escape false prosecution ibid miranda also included survey interrogation practices use psychological ploys posi guilt subject minimize moral seriousness offense cast blame victim society clear techniques persuasion less express questioning thought custodial setting amount interrogation say however statements obtained police person taken custody considered product interrogation miranda noted confessions remain proper element law enforcement statement given freely voluntarily without compelling influences course admissible evidence fundamental import privilege individual custody whether allowed talk police without benefit warnings counsel whether interrogated volunteered statements kind barred fifth amendment admissibility affected holding today emphasis added conclude miranda safeguards come play whenever person custody subjected either express questioning functional equivalent say term interrogation miranda refers express questioning also words actions part police normally attendant arrest custody police know reasonably likely elicit incriminating response suspect latter portion definition focuses primarily upon perceptions suspect rather intent police focus reflects fact miranda safeguards designed vest suspect custody added measure protection coercive police practices without regard objective proof underlying intent police practice police know reasonably likely evoke incriminating response suspect thus amounts interrogation since police surely held accountable unforeseeable results words actions definition interrogation extend words actions part police officers known reasonably likely elicit incriminating response turning facts present case conclude respondent interrogated within meaning miranda undisputed first prong definition interrogation satisfied conversation patrolmen gleckman mckenna included express questioning respondent rather conversation least form nothing dialogue two officers response respondent invited moreover fairly concluded respondent subjected functional equivalent questioning said short patrolmen gleckman mckenna known conversation reasonably likely elicit incriminating response respondent nothing record suggest officers aware respondent peculiarly susceptible appeal conscience concerning safety handicapped children anything record suggest police knew respondent unusually disoriented upset time arrest case thus boils whether context brief conversation officers known respondent suddenly moved make response given fact entire conversation appears consisted offhand remarks say officers known reasonably likely innis respond case police carried lengthy harangue presence suspect record support respondent contention circumstances officers comments particularly evocative view therefore respondent subjected police words actions police known reasonably likely elicit incriminating response rhode island erred short equating subtle compulsion interrogation officers comments struck responsive chord readily apparent thus may said rhode island say respondent subjected subtle compulsion end inquiry must also established suspect incriminating response product words actions part police known reasonably likely elicit incriminating response established present case reasons stated judgment rhode island vacated case remanded proceedings inconsistent opinion ordered footnotes since conclude respondent interrogated miranda purposes reach question whether respondent waived right miranda free interrogation counsel present limit ambit miranda express questioning place premium ingenuity police devise methods indirect interrogation rather implement plain mandate miranda commonwealth hamilton language opinion rhode island case suggesting definition interrogation miranda informed decision brewer williams suggestion erroneous decision brewer rested solely sixth fourteenth amendment right counsel right held massiah prohibits law enforcement officers deliberately elicit ing incriminating information defendant absence counsel formal charge defendant filed custody case controlling indeed petitioner massiah custody contrast right counsel issue present case based sixth fourteenth amendments rather fifth fourteenth amendments interpreted miranda opinion definitions interrogation fifth sixth amendments indeed term interrogation even apt sixth amendments context necessarily interchangeable since policies underlying two constitutional protections quite distinct see kamisar brewer williams massiah miranda interrogation matter geo incriminating response refer response whether inculpatory exculpatory prosecution may seek introduce trial observed miranda distinction drawn statements direct confessions statements amount admissions part offense privilege protects individual compelled incriminate manner distinguish degrees incrimination similarly precisely reason distinction may drawn inculpatory statements statements alleged merely exculpatory statement made fact truly exculpatory course never used prosecution fact statements merely intended exculpatory defendant often used impeach testimony trial demonstrate untruths statement given interrogation thus prove guilt implication statements incriminating meaningful sense word may used without full warnings effective waiver required statement one dissenting opinions seems totally misapprehend definition suggesting almost certainly exclude every statement police punctuated question mark post say intent police irrelevant may well bearing whether police known words actions reasonably likely evoke incriminating response particular police practice designed elicit incriminating response accused unlikely practice also one police known reasonably likely effect knowledge police may concerning unusual susceptibility defendant particular form persuasion might important factor determining whether police known words actions reasonably likely elicit incriminating response suspect record way suggests officers remarks designed elicit response see supra significant trial judge hearing officers testimony concluded entirely understandable officers voice concern safety handicapped children way example police done drive past site concealed weapon taking direct route police station respondent upon noticing first time proximity school handicapped children blurted show officers gun located seriously argued subtle compulsion constituted interrogation within meaning miranda opinion justice white concurring prefer reverse judgment reasons stated dissenting opinion brewer williams given judgment opinion brewer join opinion present case chief justice burger concurring judgment since result inconsistent miranda arizona concur judgment meaning miranda become reasonably clear law enforcement practices adjusted strictures neither overrule miranda disparage extend late date fear however rationale parts opinion clarify tension holding brewer williams cases may introduce new elements uncertainty test police officer brief time available apparently must evaluate suggestibility susceptibility accused see ante police officers competent make kind evaluation seemingly contemplated even psychiatrist asked express expert opinion aspects suspect custody likely employ extensive questioning observation make judgment charged police officers trial judges enough difficulty discerning boundaries nuances flowing opinions clarify situation today may well adding confusion suggested problem dealt california braeseke rehnquist chambers difficulty determining whether defendant waived miranda rights cases cited therein justice marshall justice brennan joins dissenting substantially agreement definition interrogation within meaning miranda arizona view miranda safeguards apply whenever police conduct intended likely produce response suspect custody read opinion definition interrogation miranda purposes equivalent practical purposes formulation since contemplates police practice designed elicit incriminating response accused unlikely practice also one police known reasonably likely effect ante thus requires objective inquiry likely effect police conduct typical individual taking account special susceptibility suspect certain kinds pressure police know reason know utterly loss however understand objective standard applied facts us rationally lead conclusion interrogation innis arrested handcuffed searched advised rights placed back seat patrol car within short time twice advised rights driven away sedan three police officers two officers sat front seat one sat beside innis back seat since car traveled mile innis agreed point location murder weapon officer gleckman must begun almost immediately talk search shotgun attempts characterize gleckman statements offhand remarks reasonably expected elicit response ante statements addressed respondent impossible draw conclusion simple message talking back forth gleckman mckenna find shotgun avert child death one scarcely imagine stronger appeal conscience suspect suspect assertion weapon found innocent person hurt killed innocent person innocent child little girl helpless handicapped little girl way school notion appeal expected effect unless suspect known special interest handicapped children verges ludicrous matter fact appeal suspect confess sake others display evidence decency honor classic interrogation technique see inbau reid criminal interrogation confessions ed gleckman remarks obviously constituted interrogation explicitly directed respondent result different nominally addressed mckenna case police officers speaking among accidentally overheard suspect officers talking back forth close quarters handcuffed suspect traveling past place believed weapon located knew respondent hear attend conversation chargeable knowledge responsibility pressures speak created firmly believe case simply aberration future cases apply standard adopted today accordance plain meaning gleckman may even sitting back seat beside respondent see app see justice stevens dissenting original definition old term coupled original finding fact cold record makes possible vacate judgment rhode island basis facts record concluded members providence police force interrogated respondent clearly custody time absence counsel requested counsel opinion state conclusion interrogation rests proper interpretation facts law thus determination products interrogation inadmissible trial affirmed undisputed facts briefly summarized based information respondent armed shotgun robbed cabdriver vicinity rhode island college number providence police officers began thorough search area early morning january one arrested respondent without difficulty respondent shotgun possession presumably abandoned hidden shortly arrested within minutes least dozen officers scene app fair infer immediate search missing weapon matter primary importance police captain arrived repeated miranda warnings patrolman sergeant already given respondent respondent said wanted attorney captain ordered two officers assigned caged wagon transport respondent central station ordered third officer ride back seat respondent wagon en route station one officers officer gleckman stated school handicapped children vicinity god forbid one find shotgun hurt result statement respondent told officers willing show gun hidden wagon returned scene respondent helped officers locate gun suppression hearing trial assumed without deciding officer gleckman statement constituted interrogation nevertheless allowed shotgun testimony concerning respondent connection evidence ground respondent waived miranda rights consented help police locate gun appeal respondent conviction kidnaping robbery murder rhode island held officer gleckman statement constituted impermissible interrogation rejected trial waiver analysis therefore reversed respondent conviction remanded new trial today reverses rhode island resolution interrogation issue creating new definition term holding matter law statement issue case constitute interrogation recognizes miranda arizona makes clear respondent requested attorney absolute right type interrogation cease attorney present also recognizes miranda requires term interrogation broadly construed include either express questioning functional equivalent ante view statement normally understood average listener calling response functional equivalent direct question whether punctuated question mark however takes much narrower view holds police conduct functional equivalent direct questioning unless police known saying likely elicit incriminating response suspect holding represents plain departure principles set forth miranda miranda required warnings given suspects prior custodial interrogation order dispel atmosphere coercion necessarily accompanies interrogations order perform function effectively warnings must viewed police suspect correct binding statement respective rights thus told right attorney present interrogation suspect chooses cut questioning counsel obtained choice must scrupulously honored police see michigan mosley white concurring result least must mean police prohibited making deliberate attempts elicit statements suspect yet unwilling characterize attempts interrogation noting police practice designed elicit incriminating response accused unlikely practice also one police known reasonably likely effect ante suspect point view effectiveness warnings depends whether appears police scrupulously honoring rights apparent attempts elicit information suspect invoked right cut questioning necessarily demean right tend reinstate imbalance police suspect miranda warnings designed correct thus rationale requiring warnings first place respected police conduct statements appear reasonable person suspect position call response must considered interrogation short order give full protection suspect right free interrogation definition interrogation must include police statement conduct purpose effect direct question statements appear call response suspect well designed considered interrogation prohibiting relatively statements actions police officer know likely elicit incriminating response today accords suspect considerably less protection indeed since suppose suspects unlikely incriminate even questioned directly new definition almost certainly exclude every statement punctuated question mark concept interrogation difference approach required faithful adherence miranda stinted test applied today illustrated comparing three different ways officer gleckman communicated fears possible dangers posed shotgun handicapped children directly asked innis please tell shotgun protect handicapped schoolchildren danger announced officers wagon man sitting back seat decide tell us gun protect handicapped children danger stated officers bad little handicapped girl pick gun man left area maybe kill example illustrates test creates incentive police ignore suspect invocation rights order make continued attempts extract information suspect appear susceptible particular type psychological pressure police apparently free exert pressure despite request counsel long careful punctuate statements question marks contrary reasonable expectations suspect makes incriminating statement statement used trial thus turns miranda unequivocal rule interrogation trap unwary suspects may caught police deception ii even new definition term interrogation provided proper standard deciding case find remarkable undertake initial task applying new standard facts present case noted trial judge decide whether officer gleckman interrogated respondent assuming arguendo judge concluded respondent waived request counsel offering help find gun rhode island disagreed waiver questions expressly concluded interrogation occurred even rhode island might reached different conclusion new definition believe exclude participating review actions taken providence police indeed given creation new standard decision stage litigation proper procedure remand trial findings basis evidence directed new standard event think clearly wrong holding matter law officer gleckman realized statement likely elicit incriminating response implicitly assumes least absence lengthy harangue criminal suspect likely respond indirect appeals humanitarian impulses goes state officers case reason believe respondent unusually susceptible appeals ante finally although significance officer intentions clear objective test record way suggests officer gleckman remarks designed elicit response ante assumption criminal suspects susceptible appeals conscience directly contrary teachings police interrogation manuals recommend appealing suspect sense morality standard often successful interrogation technique surely practical experience embodied manuals ignored case record devoid evidence one way susceptibility suspects general innis particular moreover evidence record support view officer gleckman statement intended elicit response innis officer gleckman regularly assigned caged wagon directed police captain ride respondent police station although dispute testimony appears gleckman may well riding back seat innis record explain notwithstanding fact respondent handcuffed unarmed offered resistance arrested officer acting alone captain ordered officer gleckman ride respondent inconceivable two professionally trained police officers concluded remarks might induce respondent disclose whereabouts shotgun conclusion becomes even plausible light emotionally charged words chosen officer gleckman god forbid little girl find gun hurt iii view correct standard judgment rhode island affirmed statements made within innis hearing likely elicit response direct question however even agree much narrower standard disagree disposition particular case rhode island courts given opportunity apply new standard facts case although testimony entirely clear exact wording officer gleckman statement appears talked possible danger little girl app returned scene respondent told police captain wanted help locate shotgun wanted get gun way kids area school given timing respondent statement absence evidence knew school prior officer gleckman statement clear respondent statement direct product conversation police wagon ante miranda explicitly stated individual wants attorney interrogation must cease attorney present points ante miranda acutely aware fact police interrogation techniques limited direct questioning say term interrogation miranda refers express questioning also words actions part police normally attendant arrest custody police know reasonably likely elicit incriminating response suspect ante limiting test police statements likely elicit incriminating response confuses scope exclusionary rule definition interrogation course incriminating statement defined miranda quoted ante must excluded evidence product impermissible interrogation fail see rule helps deciding whether particular statement tactic constitutes interrogation miranda protects suspect innis position simply interrogation likely successful interrogation concluded without proper safeguards process interrogation persons suspected accused crime contains inherently compelling pressures work undermine individual resist compel speak otherwise freely order combat pressures permit full opportunity exercise privilege accused must adequately effectively apprised rights exercise rights must fully honored brewer williams applied deliberately elicited standard determining statements extracted williams violation sixth amendment right counsel although case involves fifth amendment rights miranda rules designed safeguard rights respondent invocation right counsel makes two cases indistinguishable cases police unqualified obligation refrain trying elicit response suspect absence attorney see kamisar brewer williams massiah miranda interrogation matter geo factual assumption extremely dubious assume police often interrogate suspects without reason believe efforts likely successful hope statement nevertheless forthcoming see white police trickery inducing confessions rev justice white pointed opinion concurring result michigan mosley suspect invokes right attorney expressing view competent deal authorities without legal advice circumstances continued interrogation likely produce type coercive atmosphere miranda warnings supposed dispel use objective standard avoid difficulties proof inherent subjective standard give police adequate guidance dealings suspects requested counsel suggestion ante totally misapprehend import definition belied application new standard facts case see white rhode island innis significance suspect assertion right counsel crim rev author proposes test applies facts case stating proposed objective standard result obvious since conversation indicates strong desire know location shotgun person knowledge weapon location likely believe officers wanted disclose location thus reasonable person innis position believe officers seeking solicit precisely type response given chief justice points concurring opinion ew police officers competent make kind evaluation seemingly contemplated opinion except close careful observation ante circumstances courts might well find deferring appeared judgments part police like rhode island think takes prisoner answer question waive right question asked first place see brewer williams michigan mosley white concurring result accused expressed view competent deal authorities without legal advice later decision authorities insistence make statement without counsel presence may properly viewed skepticism see also people cunningham see inbau reid criminal interrogation confessions ed heading urge subject tell truth sake conscience mental relief moral well sake everybody concerned also decent honorable thing authors advise interrogators challenge offender display evidence decency honor appealing religious moral sensibilities officer gleckman testified riding front seat driver app however officer mckenna also ridden wagon police captain testified gleckman rode back seat suspect thereafter third officer wagon corroborated gleckman testimony apparently somewhat unusual procedure officer mckenna testified remember correctly vehicle innis placed vehicle door closed waiting instructions captain leyden point captain leyden instructed patrolman gleckman accompany us usually two men assigned wagon particular case wanted third man accompany us gleckman got rear seat words door closed gleckman opened door got vehicle subject went side got passenger side front although officer gleckman testified captain told interrogate intimidate coerce respondent way back rule possibility either thought indirect psychological ploy permissible article quoted supra professor white also points officers probably aware chances handicapped child finding weapon time police present relatively slim thus concluded unlikely true purpose conversation voice genuine concern children welfare see crim