State of Connecticut v. Harry Gonzalez

Summary

The court reversed the defendant’s convictions and remanded for a new trial because police subjected him to custodial interrogation without Miranda warnings, and the resulting statements were not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The court also held that separate convictions and punishments for felony murder predicated on robbery and first-degree robbery did not violate double jeopardy because the legislature authorized cumulative punishment. Justice Zarella, joined by Justices Norcott and McLachlan, concurred in the reversal and double-jeopardy ruling but would have admitted the defendant’s first two statements while suppressing only the later narrative statement.