According to the Supreme Court, a suspect who has once responded to an unwarned yet uncoercive questioning is __________.

• A. Barred from waiving rights
• B. Not disabled from waiving their Miranda rights and confessing
• C. Barred from confessing
• D. Required to be given warnings again

Answer: (B)

The test is about when Miranda warnings matter and how a person can move forward after an initial questioning that wasn’t accompanied by warnings. Warnings are required when a person is in custody and being interrogated. If the questioning happens without warnings but is not coercive and the person isn’t in custody, that exchange can still occur without triggering Miranda protections.

Because the initial interaction wasn’t custodial and wasn’t coercive, it doesn’t prevent the person from later opting to waive Miranda rights and confess in a future interrogation that is properly warned. In other words, they are not disabled from waiving their rights and confessing later. The police would need to provide the warnings then, and any waiver would have to be knowing and voluntary.

So the best fit is that the suspect is not disabled from waiving their Miranda rights and confessing.