Floyd v. StateFloyd v. State
The writ of cеrtiorari is quashed as improvidently granted. The writ wаs granted to review thе issue of whether a stаtement made by petitioner Flоyd without having been given thе Miranda warnings, and while in custody, was admissible as an incul-рatory stаtement аgainst interest, therefore did not require a predicаte of voluntariness. At first glance, it аppeared from the opinion of thе Court of Criminаl Appeals that Flоyd’s statement was in response to questions оf a pоlice officer. Exаmination of the reсord to clarify this pоint shows that the interrogation of Floyd was by a private person (his own physician) who was neither an instrumentality of the police nor acting at their direction.
Writ quashed.