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1. Read the interrogation summary and then give your argument as to whether Williams was interrogated while being transported back to Des Moines

Defendant turned himself in to the Davenport, Iowa Police after being indicted for murder in Des Moines Williams could not legally be interrogated by police given the indictment. Williams'attorney warned police not to interrogate the defendant when they traveled to Davenport to pick him up. Discussion Question: Was Williams interrogated or not? Give reasons for your opinion On the afternoon of December 24.1968, a 10-year old girl named Pamela Powers went with her family to the YMCA in Des Moines, towa, to watch a wrestling tournament in which her brother was participatingWhen she failed to return from a trip to the washroom, a search for her began. The search was unsuccessful. Robert Williams, who had recently escaped from a mental hospital was a resident of the YMCA. Soon after the girl's disappearance Williams was seen in the YMCA lobby carrying some clothing and a large bundle wrapped in a blanket. He obtained help from a 14 year old boy in opening the street door of the YMCA and the door to his automobile parked outside. When William placed the bundle in the front seat of his car the boy saw two legs in it and they were skinny and white Before anyone could see what was in the bundle Williams drove away. His abandoned car was found the following day in Davenport, Iowa. routhly 160 miles east of Des Moines. A warrant was then suedin Des Moines for his arrestona charpe of abduction, Williams eventually turned himselt in at the Davenport Police Department. Two detectives went to pick him up and bring him back to Des Moines. On the return trip, Detective leaming delivered what has been referred to in the briets and oral arguments as the "Christian burial speech Addressing Willams as "Reverend." the detective said: "I want to give you something to think about while we're traveling down the road....Number one, I want you to observe the weather conditions. It's raining, it's slecting, it's freezing.driving is very treacherous, visibility is poor, it's going to be dark early this evening. They are predictine severalinches of snow for tonight, and I feel that you yourself are the only person that knows where this little girl's body is that you yourself have only been there once. and if you get a snow on top of it you yourself may be unable to find it. And since we will be going right past the area on the way into Des Moines, I feel that we could stop and locate the body, that the parents of this little girl should be entitled to a Christian burial for the little girl who was snatched away from them on Christmas Eve and murdered. And I feel we should stop and locate it on the way in rather than waiting until morning and trying to come back out after a snow storm and possibly not being able to find it at all Williams then led detectives to the body of Pamela Powers which was buried in a field just a few inches under the surface. The attorney was very unhappy claiming that police had interrogated his client. He motioned the court to exclude the evidence from being used at trial On the other hand, police claimed they never interrogated the defendant. Interrogation or not? Defendant turned himself in to the Davenport, Iowa Police after being indicted for murder in Des Moines Williams could not legally be interrogated by police given the indictment. Williams'attorney warned police not to interrogate the defendant when they traveled to Davenport to pick him up. Discussion Question: Was Williams interrogated or not? Give reasons for your opinion On the afternoon of December 24.1968, a 10-year old girl named Pamela Powers went with her family to the YMCA in Des Moines, towa, to watch a wrestling tournament in which her brother was participatingWhen she failed to return from a trip to the washroom, a search for her began. The search was unsuccessful. Robert Williams, who had recently escaped from a mental hospital was a resident of the YMCA. Soon after the girl's disappearance Williams was seen in the YMCA lobby carrying some clothing and a large bundle wrapped in a blanket. He obtained help from a 14 year old boy in opening the street door of the YMCA and the door to his automobile parked outside. When William placed the bundle in the front seat of his car the boy saw two legs in it and they were skinny and white Before anyone could see what was in the bundle Williams drove away. His abandoned car was found the following day in Davenport, Iowa. routhly 160 miles east of Des Moines. A warrant was then suedin Des Moines for his arrestona charpe of abduction, Williams eventually turned himselt in at the Davenport Police Department. Two detectives went to pick him up and bring him back to Des Moines. On the return trip, Detective leaming delivered what has been referred to in the briets and oral arguments as the "Christian burial speech Addressing Willams as "Reverend." the detective said: "I want to give you something to think about while we're traveling down the road....Number one, I want you to observe the weather conditions. It's raining, it's slecting, it's freezing.driving is very treacherous, visibility is poor, it's going to be dark early this evening. They are predictine severalinches of snow for tonight, and I feel that you yourself are the only person that knows where this little girl's body is that you yourself have only been there once. and if you get a snow on top of it you yourself may be unable to find it. And since we will be going right past the area on the way into Des Moines, I feel that we could stop and locate the body, that the parents of this little girl should be entitled to a Christian burial for the little girl who was snatched away from them on Christmas Eve and murdered. And I feel we should stop and locate it on the way in rather than waiting until morning and trying to come back out after a snow storm and possibly not being able to find it at all Williams then led detectives to the body of Pamela Powers which was buried in a field just a few inches under the surface. The attorney was very unhappy claiming that police had interrogated his client. He motioned the court to exclude the evidence from being used at trial On the other hand, police claimed they never interrogated the defendant. Interrogation or not