The following excerpt is from Cervantes v. Walker, 589 F.2d 424 (9th Cir. 1978):
5 We have previously recognized that not all instances of prison questioning fall within the protections of Miranda. We have held that where an arrestee receives Miranda warnings and indicates he wants an attorney, an incriminating statement made in response to a subsequent question in the course of a routine inventory of his personal possessions violates neither the right to counsel nor the privilege against self-incrimination. United States v. La Monica, 472 F.2d 580, 581 (9th Cir. 1972).
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