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discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Garces Jr. (2×)
Haw. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
Otherwise, no specific formula or wording is required; instead, "[t]he crucial test is whether the words in the context used, considering the age, background and intelligence of the individual being interrogated, impart a clear, understandable warning of all of his rights." State v. Maluia, 56 Haw. 428, 432, 539 P.2d 1200, 1205 (1975) (quoting Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir. 1967)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Cheri Lynn Marler v. The State of Wyoming
Wyo. · 2025 · confidence medium
State v. Evans, 944 P.2d 1120, 1125 (Wyo. 1997) (citing Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 310 (10th Cir. 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S. Ct. 489 , 19 L.
cited Cited as authority (rule) STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. J v. (18-06-0222, SALEM COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED)
N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. · 2019 · confidence medium
Super. 363, 367 (App. Div. 1970) (quoting Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir. 1967)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Lionel Michael Miller v. State of Florida
Fla. · 2015 · confidence medium
“The crucial test is whether the words in the context used, considering the age, background and intelligence of the individual being interrogated, impart a clear, understandable warning of all of his rights.” Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.1967).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State of Iowa v. Pedro Olea Camacho
Iowa Ct. App. · 2014 · confidence medium
Miranda requires “meaningful advice to the unlettered and unlearned in language which [the suspect] can comprehend and on which [the suspect] can knowingly act.” State v. Blanford, 306 N.W.2d 93, 96 (Iowa 1981) (citing Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir. 1967)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Mersereau v. State
Wyo. · 2012 · confidence medium
Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 810 (10th Cir.1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 LEd.2d 484 (1967) People v. Scott, 198 Colo. 371 , 600 P.2d 68, 69 (1979).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Rigterink v. State (2×)
Fla. · 2011 · confidence medium
The "crucial test" for determining whether police gave a proper warning "`is whether the words in the context used, considering the age, background and intelligence of the individual being interrogated, impart a clear, understandable warning of all of his rights.'" Id. (quoting Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.1967)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Carter v. State
Wyo. · 2010 · confidence medium
Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 310 (10th Cir.1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967); People v. Scott, 198 Colo. 371 , 600 P.2d 68, 69 (1979).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Miller v. State (4×)
Fla. · 2010 · confidence medium
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has elaborated on the general scope of Miranda, stating that “[t]he crucial test is whether the words in the context used, considering the age, background and intelligence of the individual being interrogated, impart a clear, understandable warning of all of his rights.” Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.1967).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Isaac San Juan-Cruz
9th Cir. · 2002 · confidence medium
“What Miranda requires ‘is meaningful advice to the unlettered and unlearned in language which [they] can comprehend and on which [they] can knowingly act.’ ” Connell, 869 F.2d at 1351 (quoting Coyote v. U.S., 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.1967)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Vuthy Seng
Mass. · 2002 · confidence medium
“The defendant may waive these rights, provided that the waiver is made voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently but ‘unless and until such warnings and waiver are demonstrated by the prosecution at trial, no evidence obtained as a result of interrogation can be used against him.’ ” Commonwealth v. Adams, 389 Mass. 265, 268 (1983), quoting Miranda v. Arizona, supra at 479 . “[W]hat Miranda requires ‘is meaningful advice to the unlettered and unlearned in language which [they] can comprehend and on which [they] can knowingly act.’ Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. J.R.
Ill. App. Ct. · 1998 · confidence medium
The mental state that is necessary to validly waive Miranda rights involves being cognizant at all times of the State’s intention to use one’s statements to secure a conviction and of the fact that one can stand mute and request a lawyer. [Citation.] Whether a defendant intelligently waived his right to counsel depends, in each case, on the particular facts and circumstances of that case, including the defendant’s background, experience, and conduct. [Citation.] The mental capacity of a defendant must be taken into consideration in determining whether a waiver was valid, and while mental…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Evans (2×)
Wyo. · 1997 · confidence medium
Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 310 (10th Cir.1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967); People v. Scott, 198 Colo. 371 , 600 P.2d 68, 69 (1979).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Rhines (2×)
S.D. · 1996 · confidence medium
We will not indulge semantical debates between counsel over the particular words used to inform an individual of his rights.’ ” Blanford, 306 N.W.2d at 96 (quoting Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967)). [¶34] Having determined that the warning was adequate, we must now consider whether Rhines gave a valid waiver of his rights.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Hof v. State
Md. · 1995 · confidence medium
Because compliance with Miranda is an issue most appropriately resolved as a matter of admissibility, the court’s function, see Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309-10 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967) and, after the court has found a confession to be admissible, voluntariness is ultimately a jury function, it is the latter rather than the former that ought to be the subject of jury instructions.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Ayala
Mass. App. Ct. · 1990 · confidence medium
Once again, 7 the Supreme Judicial Court refers with approval to the quotation from Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309-310 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 (1967), that “if [the Miranda] prerequisites have not been fully met, the confession is without more involuntary as a matter of law, hence inadmissible and insubmissible.” Adams, supra at 270 . *598 Thus, the case is one of the admission of a substantive statement by the defendant while in custody, about the particulars of a crime, contrast Commonwealth v. Johnson, 372 Mass. 185, 194 (1977), in response to a Miranda inter…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Duckworth v. Eagan (2×)
SCOTUS · 1989 · confidence medium
See United States v. Contreras, 667 F. 2d 976, 979 (CA11), cert. denied, 459 U. S. 849 (1982); Coyote v. United States, 380 F. 2d 305, 308 (CA10), cert. denied, 389 U. S. 992 (1967); State v. Maluia, 56 Haw. 428, 431-435 , 539 P. 2d 1200, 1205-1207 (1975); Emler v. State, 259 Ind. 241, 243-244 , 286 N. E. 2d 408, 410-411 (1972); Jones v. State, 69 Wis. 2d 337, 343-345 , 230 N. W. 2d 677, 682-683 (1975).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Mattos
Mass. · 1989 · confidence medium
Such a conclusion, to be proper, must be based on evidence both that the requirements of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), have been met and that the statement was “freely and voluntarily given.” Commonwealth v. Tavares, 385 Mass. 140, 145 , cert. denied, 457 U.S. 1137 (1982), quoting Coyote v. *680 United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309-310 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 (1967).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Walter J. Connell, Jr. (2×)
9th Cir. · 1989 · confidence medium
Rather, what Miranda requires “is meaningful advice to the unlettered and unlearned in language which [they] can comprehend and on which [they] can knowingly act.” Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967); see also Prysock, 453 U.S. at 364 n. 3, 101 S.Ct. at 2812 n. 3 (Stevens, J., dissenting) (quoting Coyote).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Gary James Eagan v. Jack R. Duckworth, Warden (8×)
7th Cir. · 1988 · confidence medium
In Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 307 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967), the court summarized the defendant's assertions, noting: 77 "The specific complaint here is that the mandate of Miranda v. State of Arizona, ... was not observed because the clause in the written statement that '* * * I can talk to a lawyer or anyone before saying anything, and that the judge will get me a lawyer if I am broke' reflects that appellant was not informed with sufficient clarity of his right to a court appointed attorney at the time the statement was made.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Solomon Richardson v. Jack R. Duckworth, Warden, and Indiana Attorney General
7th Cir. · 1987 · confidence medium
The crucial test is whether the words in the context used, considering the age, background and intelligence of the individual being interrogated, impart a clear, understandable warning of all his rights.” Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Butzin
Minn. Ct. App. · 1987 · confidence medium
Accord, United States v. Adams, 484 F.2d 357, 361-62 (7th Cir.1973); United States v. Davis, 459 F.2d 167, 168-69 (6th Cir.1972); Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967) (court would not indulge semantical debates over the particular words used to inform individuals of their rights).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Gardner v. State (2×)
Tex. Crim. App. · 1987 · confidence medium
In Green v. United States, 386 F.2d 953 (10th Cir.1967), complaint was made that the warnings given to the defendants were improper in that they only stated that any statements made by the defendants could be used in court, without specifically informing the defendants that the statements could be used “against them.” The court in rejecting the defendants’ contentions responded: “This contention, as well as others made in similar vein, is not well taken for as this court said in Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, at 308 [10th Cir. 1967]: ‘Surely Miranda is not a ritual of words t…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Williams
Mass. · 1983 · confidence medium
E.g., Commonwealth v. Tavares, 385 Mass. 140, 145 (1982), quoting Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309-310 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 (1967) (“[A]n incriminating statement may also be inadmissible and insubmissible because not factually shown to have been freely and voluntarily given, even though the requirements of Miranda have been fully met”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Sperrazza
Mass. Super. Ct. · 1982 · confidence medium
Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368 (1964)...‘[A]tt incriminating statement may also be inadmissible and insubmissible because not factually shown to have been freely and voluntarily given, even though the requirements of Miranda have been fully met.’ Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309-310 (10 Cir.) cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 (1967).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Tavares (2×) also: Cited "see"
Mass. · 1982 · confidence medium
But an incriminating statement may also be inadmissible and insubmissible because not factually shown to have been freely and voluntarily given, even though the requirements of Miranda have been fully met.” Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309-310 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 (1967).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) California v. Prysock (2×)
SCOTUS · 1981 · confidence medium
Miranda requires “meaningful advice to the unlettered and unlearned in language which he can comprehend and on which he can knowingly act.” Coyote v. United States, 380 F. 2d 305, 308 (CA10 1967), cert. denied, 389 U. S. 992 .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Blanford
Iowa · 1981 · confidence medium
This principle is well stated in Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir. 1967) cert. den. 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967), as follows: *96 Surely Miranda is not a ritual of words to be recited by rote according to didactic niceties.
cited Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Ulysses Thomas McDaniel and Barbara Kesler McDaniel
9th Cir. · 1976 · confidence medium
Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State v. Maluia (2×)
Haw. · 1975 · confidence medium
Besides cash, he had over $400 due from an employer or to his credit at a credit union; was working as above noted; occupied a rented Waikiki apartment; and had a car on which he was making payments. 7 Quoted from Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir. 1967).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Schade v. State (2×)
Alaska · 1973 · confidence medium
Accord, Klingler v. United States, 409 F.2d 299, 308 (8th Cir. 1969) ; Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308-309 (10th Cir. 1967). .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Sam Lee Fowler, Jr. (2×)
7th Cir. · 1973 · confidence medium
Since Miranda does not require ". . . a ritual of words to be recited by rote according to didactic niceties", Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (C.A.10 1967), I would hold that the oral and written warnings, when read together, fully comply with the Miranda requirements.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States of America Ex Rel. Ruben Williams v. John Twomey and Peter Bensinger (2×)
7th Cir. · 1972 · confidence medium
With regard to the October 15 warning, I find the words of then Chief Judge Murrah particularly applicable in Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir. 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 : “Surely Miranda is not a ritual of words to be recited by rote according to didactic niceties.
cited Cited as authority (rule) People v. Walker
Ill. App. Ct. · 1971 · confidence medium
App.2d 317 , this court quoted approvingly from Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.): "Surely Miranda is not a ritual of words to be recited by rote according to didactic niceties.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Paul Nathaniel Hall
4th Cir. · 1968 · confidence medium
As the Tenth Circuit recently noted, Miranda, while concerned with voluntariness in terms of admissibility, “does not undertake to prescribe the prerequisites to a jury finding of factual voluntariness.” Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 310 (10 Cir. 1967).
cited Cited "see" State v. Joseph
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 2010 · signal: see · confidence high
See Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 308 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967).
discussed Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Dagraca
Mass. · 2006 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Tavares, 385 Mass. 140, 145 , cert. denied, 457 U.S. 1137 (1982), quoting Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309-310 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 (1967) (“if [the Miranda] prerequisites have not been fully met, the confession is without more involuntary as a matter of law, hence inadmissible and insubmissible”).
discussed Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Adams
Mass. · 1983 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Tavares, 385 Mass. 140, 145 (1982), quoting Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 309-310 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 (1967) (“[I]f [the Miranda] prerequisites have not been fully met, the confession is without more involuntary as a matter of law, hence inadmissible and insubmissible”). 2.
cited Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Chung
Mass. · 1979 · signal: see · confidence high
See Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305, 310 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 (1967).
discussed Cited "see" State v. Grierson
Idaho · 1972 · signal: see · confidence high
Williams v. Twomey, supra; Rouse v. State, 266 N.E.2d 209 (Ind.1971) (split decision), disapproved in Williams v. Twomey, supra; People v. Swift, 32 A.D.2d 183 , 300 N.Y.S.2d 639 (1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1018 , 90 S.Ct. 584 , 24 LEd.2d 510 (1970) ; see Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305 (10th Cir. 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 (1967).
cited Cited "see" United States v. Ernest Charles Downs, United States of America v. Larry Dee Johnson, United States of America v. John Dennis Koop
10th Cir. · 1969 · signal: see · confidence high
See Coyote v. United States, 380 F.2d 305 (10th Cir. 1967).
cited Cited "see" Billy Wayne Wheeler and Johnnie Green, Jr. v. United States
10th Cir. · 1967 · signal: see · confidence high
See Coyote v. United States, 10 Cir., 380 F.2d 305 , filed June 23, 1967.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Provost
S.D. · 1978 · signal: see also · confidence low
Gregory v. U.S., 364 F.2d 210 (10th Cir. 1966) cert. denied 385 U.S. 962 , 87 S.Ct. 405 , 17 L.Ed.2d 307 ; see also Coyote v. U.S., 380 F.2d 305 (10th Cir. 1967) cert. denied 389 U.S. 992 , 88 S.Ct. 489 , 19 L.Ed.2d 484 .
Willie Salt COYOTE, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
9178_1.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Jun 23, 1967.
380 F.2d 305
Thomas E. Davis, Albuquerque, N. M., for appellant., Scott McCarty, Albuquerque, N. M., (John Quinn and John A. Babington, Albuquerque, N. M., with him on brief) for appellee.
Murrah, Lewis, Christensen.
Cited by 120 opinions  |  Published
MURRAH, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted by jury trial and sentenced to five years imprisonment for violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312. He brings this appeal urging that the trial court erred in admitting his written confession into evidence and in refusing to give his requested instruction concerning the confession.

The undisputed testimony discloses that on April 20, 1966, the New Mexico State Police arrested the appellant while in possession of a pickup truck reportedly stolen from the Dove Creek, Colorado, area earlier that day. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was advised that appellant was being taken to the Farm-ington, New Mexico, Police Department. When an F.B.I. Agent arrived at the Police Department, appellant was taken to the interview room where the Agent introduced and identified himself and advised appellant of his right to remain silent regarding the matter for which he had been arrested by the state police, but that if he did make a statement it could be used against him. He was informed that no threats or promises would be made to cause him to make a statement; that before making any statement he could consult a lawyer of his own choice and in the event he was without funds to hire a lawyer, the judge would appoint or provide one for him. Appellant indicated that he understood but had been drinking and was sleepy, whereupon he was given a cup of coffee and permitted to sleep. After about an hour, appellant was aroused and indicated he was in “better shape”. The Agent again went through the procedure of identifying himself and repeated what he had told him concerning his constitutional rights. Appellant indicated that he understood and the Agent began questioning him regarding the truck in his possession at the time he was arrested, which he admitted having taken. After discussing the events leading to the arrest, the Agent began reducing the statement to writing. When it appeared the Agent was having trouble typing, appellant offered to type for him stating that he had been to Business College, was a proficient typist and also took shorthand. The Agent completed the typing and appellant signed the statement which recited everything the Agent had told him concerning his constitutional rights, specifically including the recitation that “I have also been told by Special Agent Jackson that I can talk to a lawyer or anyone before saying anything, and that the judge will get me a lawyer if I am broke.” Appellant was thereafter charged and taken before the Commissioner where his rights were again explained to him, and he signed a written waiver of counsel.

The specific complaint here is that the mandate of Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed. 2d 694, 10 A.L.R.3d 974, was not observed because the clause in the written statement that “ * * * I can talk to a lawyer or anyone before saying anything, and that the judge will get me a lawyer if I am broke” reflects that appellant was not informed with sufficient clarity of his right to a court appointed attorney at the time the statement was made. Thus he seems to say in effect that at most the Agent advised him only that he could talk to a lawyer before making the statement if he could afford to hire one, and that the judge would appoint a lawyer when he came to trial if he could not afford one.

When in the trial of the ease objection was made to the statement, the jury was[*308] excused and Judge Bratton conducted an admissibility hearing. The Agent who took the statement testified that after going over it with appellant, he asked, “Do you understand this, Mr. Coyote?” Appellant replied, “Does this mean the judge will get me a lawyer if I am broke?”, to which the Agent replied, “Yes”. Appellant admitted the Agent told him he had a right to counsel before he made a statement but testified that the Agent told him he could have a court appointed lawyer only when he came to trial in Albuquerque. The Agent expressly denied saying anything at all about Albuquerque because he “ * * * didn’t tell Mr. Coyote he was under arrest. Albuquerque had no part in my interview with him.” On cross-examination appellant admitted there was nothing in the statement about getting a lawyer in Albuquerque and that he had read the statement before signing it.

Counsel for appellant argued in the trial court, as here, that the wording and punctuation of the written statement itself supports his client’s understanding of the advice given to him by the Agent. Specifically he says that the comma preceding the phrase “and the judge will get me a lawyer if I am broke” renders the sentence susceptible of the interpretation that court appointed counsel would be available only after appellant had been before the judge.

The trial court, after considering the testimony and the signed, written statement, rejected appellant’s contention concluding that “ * * * it was a matter of semantics. I don’t know how you can put these things down in words where you cannot argue about the meaning of them. To me I think the statement was perfectly clear that the man had a right to a lawyer and a court appointed lawyer before he made a statement to the agent, or didn’t have to make a statement of any kind.” The statement was thereupon admitted.

Surely Miranda is not a ritual of words to be recited by rote according to didactic niceties. What Miranda does require is meaningful advice to the unlettered and unlearned in language which he can comprehend and on which he can knowingly act. We will not indulge semantical debates between counsel over the particular words used to inform an individual of his rights. The crucial test is whether the words in the context used, considering the age, background and intelligence of the individual being interrogated, impart a clear, understandable warning of all of his rights.

It is, of course, always open to an accused to subjectively deny that he understood the precautionary' warning and advice with respect to the assistance of counsel. When the issue is raised in an admissibility hearing, i. e. see McHenry v. United States, 10 Cir., 308 F.2d 700, it is for the court to objectively determine whether in the circumstances of the case the words used were sufficient to convey the required warning.

This very situation emphasizes the necessity to observe Rule 5(a) F.R.Crim.P. requiring an arresting officer to take an arrested person before a Commissioner without “unnecessary delay”. The manifest purpose of 5(a).is to make sure that an accused person is fully advised of all of his constitutional rights by a judicial officer' — not an enforcement officer — before he makes any incriminating statement. See Mallory v. United States, 354 U.S. 449, 77 S.Ct. 1356, 1 L.Ed.2d 1479; Miranda v. State of Arizona, supra. We have recently had occasion to re-emphasize that the intent of 5(a) is “* * * to prevent unnecessary delay during which time arresting officers may seek to elicit confessions, or marshal evidence for presentation.” Gregory v. United States, 10 Cir., 364 F.2d 210. It is important here to note that although the interrogation occurred and the incriminating statement was taken while appellant was in custody and prior to his appearance before the Commissioner, there is no contention that the appearance before the Commissioner was unduly delayed or that the incriminating statement is inadmissible for failure to observe the requirements of 5(a). Cf. Nez v. United States, 10 Cir., 365 F.2d[*309] 286. This then is not a Mallory case, but rather one of voluntariness under Miranda. So judged, we agree with the trial court that the incriminating statement was voluntarily and understandingly given after appellant had been adequately advised of his constitutional right to the assistance of counsel.

Appellant also complains of the trial judge’s failure to give his requested instruction based upon the essential ingredients of voluntariness laid down in Miranda.

The Supreme Court, while condemning the New York rule, in Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908, 1 A.L.R.3d 1205, approved the constitutionality of both the so-called Massachusetts and Orthodox procedures relating to admissibility and voluntariness of confessions. Briefly put, under the Orthodox approach, the trial court is the sole judge of voluntariness, leaving to the jury only the question of credibility. Under the Massachusetts approach, the trial court makes a preliminary determination of voluntariness for purposes of admissibility. Upon admission, the jury makes its own determination of voluntariness in deciding (1) whether the statement is involuntary in which case they must wholly disregard it, and (2) if found beyond a reasonable doubt to be voluntary, then to give it such weight as they see fit. [1] See generally Anno. 1 A.L.R.3d 1251; Wigmore on Evidence, 3d ed. § 861; “Involuntary Confessions: The Allocation of Responsibility Between Judge and Jury”, Univ. of Chicago L.R., Vol. 21, No. 3, pg. 317.

The trial court, applying the Massachusetts procedure, [2] instructed the jury that “The very nature of a confession requires that the circumstances surrounding it be subjected to careful scrutiny in order to determine surely whether it was voluntarily and understandingly made. If the evidence does not convince you beyond all reasonable doubt that a confession was voluntarily and understandingly [made], you should disregard it entirely. On the other hand, if the evidence does show beyond a reasonable doubt that a confession was, in fact, voluntarily and understandingly made by the defendant, you may consider it as evidence against the defendant who voluntarily and understandingly made the confession.”

Coyote did not and does not now object to this instruction, but contends that it does not go far enough. As we understand counsel, he argues that in the exercise of their discrete functions, the judge and jury must both determine voluntariness in accordance with the legal standards erected in Miranda. In other words he means to say that the jury must be told that compliance with the Miranda precepts is prerequisite to a finding that an admitted statement is voluntary in fact. Counsel requested an instruction reading upon Miranda, and objected to the court’s refusal to give it. This rather novel contention raises the question of the impact of Miranda on the dichotomy of judge-jury functions under the Massachusetts rule.

In determining admissibility in the first instance the judge is un[*310] doubtedly bound by the dictates of Miranda, i. e. if its prerequisites have not been fully met, the confession is without more involuntary as a matter of law, hence inadmissible and insub-missible. But an incriminating statement may also be inadmissible and insub-missible because not factually shown to have been freely and voluntarily given, even though the requirements of Miranda have been fully met; for an accused may surely be physically or psychologically induced to incriminate himself after he has been fully warned and advised of all his Constitutional rights. If the statement is admitted, the jury must, as we have seen, first determine for themselves whether the statement was in fact freely and voluntarily given. If not, they must wholly disregard it. Indeed they were so instructed in this case.

On the issue whether the admitted statement is voluntary in fact, it is undoubtedly competent to show, as in the admissibility hearing, not only that while the accused was under in-custody interrogation he was, for example, denied food, drink and sleep, or promised leniency, but also that he was not forewarned and advised of his rights as explicated in Miranda. In short, compliance with Miranda may very well be relevant to the factual issue of voluntariness; but, it is not prerequisite. Miranda is concerned with voluntariness in terms of admissibility — it does not undertake to prescribe the prerequisites to a jury finding of factual voluntariness.

A jury is, of course, entitled to the guiding hand of the judge in the application of the law to the facts as they find them. And, in a proper case the jury should surely be told that if they find the defendant did not fully understand the meaning of the warning and advice given to him as stated in a confession, they may take that fact into consideration along with all the other facts and circumstances in determining the factual voluntariness of the statement, i. e., see United States v. Inman, 4 Cir., 352 F.2d 954. But this is not a proper case for such an instruction. Here the F.B.I. agent testified in the admissibility hearing that no threats or promises were made and that Coyote was advised of all his Constitutional rights including the right to counsel before making any statement. In the admissibility hearing Coyote testified in substance that he did not understand the full import of the agent’s advice concerning his right to counsel before making his incriminating statement. The judge resolved that issue against the accused and we have affirmed his ruling. In the evidence before the jury the agent repeated his admissibility testimony without objection. Coyote did not take the stand to deny his testimony, nor did he dispute it in any other way. The agent’s testimony eoncering the warnings given and Coyote’s understanding of them as embodied in the statement thus stand undisputed and unimpeached before the jury. In this posture of the case it may be doubted whether even under the Massachusetts rule there was any issue of voluntariness to submit to the jury. In any event, Coyote was certainly not entitled to the requested Miranda instruction.

Affirmed.

1

. The effect of this is to say that what the judge has ruled is a voluntary statement as a matter of law based on facts, the jury may say was involuntary based upon its appraisal of the same facts.

In other words we have the anomalous situation of what the judge says is voluntary in law, the jury may, in the exercise of its independent judgment say is involuntary in fact. See Wigmore on Evidence, 3d ed., § 861.

2

. In so doing the trial judge apparently followed his interpretation of our decision in McHenry v. United States, 10 Cir., 308 F.2d 700. That case seems to adopt the Orthodox rule but cites and relies upon cases which can be construed to apply either the Orthodox or the Massachusetts rule. There is federal case law supporting both of these rules. See Jackson v. Denno, supra, majority opinion appendix, pg. 400; Univ. of Chicago L.R., supra, pp. 324-5. In any event, no objection is made here to the trial court’s interpretation of McHenry, and we have no occasion to review it. For purposes of this case we take it that McHenry follows the Massachusetts rule.