Michael James Elstad
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Michael James Elstad is the defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court case Oregon v. Elstad, which addressed the admissibility of a suspect’s post-Miranda confession following an earlier unwarned statement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael James Elstad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9830621 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael James Elstad Context triple: [Oregon v. Elstad, party, Michael James Elstad]
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A.
Kurt Johnstad
Kurt Johnstad is an American screenwriter best known for writing the action films "300" and "Atomic Blonde."
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B.
Warren Skaaren
Warren Skaaren was an American screenwriter and script doctor best known for his work on major 1980s films such as "Beetlejuice" and "Batman."
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C.
Douglas Hegdahl
Douglas Hegdahl is a former U.S. Navy sailor and Vietnam War prisoner of war known for his remarkable memory, which he used to secretly record details about fellow POWs while held at the "Hanoi Hilton" and later provide crucial testimony about their treatment.
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D.
Michael Christensen
Michael Christensen is a Danish professional racing driver known for competing in international sports car and endurance racing events, including the FIA World Endurance Championship.
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E.
Christopher Tellefsen
Christopher Tellefsen is an American film editor known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "A Quiet Place," "Moneyball," and "Capote."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael James Elstad Target entity description: Michael James Elstad is the defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court case Oregon v. Elstad, which addressed the admissibility of a suspect’s post-Miranda confession following an earlier unwarned statement.
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A.
Kurt Johnstad
Kurt Johnstad is an American screenwriter best known for writing the action films "300" and "Atomic Blonde."
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B.
Warren Skaaren
Warren Skaaren was an American screenwriter and script doctor best known for his work on major 1980s films such as "Beetlejuice" and "Batman."
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C.
Douglas Hegdahl
Douglas Hegdahl is a former U.S. Navy sailor and Vietnam War prisoner of war known for his remarkable memory, which he used to secretly record details about fellow POWs while held at the "Hanoi Hilton" and later provide crucial testimony about their treatment.
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D.
Michael Christensen
Michael Christensen is a Danish professional racing driver known for competing in international sports car and endurance racing events, including the FIA World Endurance Championship.
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E.
Christopher Tellefsen
Christopher Tellefsen is an American film editor known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "A Quiet Place," "Moneyball," and "Capote."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal defendant
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Oregon law enforcement authorities
NERFINISHED
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Oregon state prosecutors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseHeWasInCategory |
Miranda doctrine case
NERFINISHED
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United States Supreme Court criminal procedure case ⓘ |
| caseHeWasInCitation | Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U.S. 298 (1985) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseHeWasInConcerned |
police interrogation practices
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suppression of statements in criminal trials ⓘ |
| caseHeWasInDecidedBy | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseHeWasInDecisionYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| caseHeWasInHoldingSummary | a suspect’s voluntary post-Miranda confession is not automatically inadmissible solely because it follows an earlier unwarned but voluntary statement ⓘ |
| caseHeWasInLevel | appellate review of state criminal conviction ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionAtIssue |
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendantIn | Oregon v. Elstad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase |
State of Oregon
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalIssueInCase |
admissibility of post-Miranda confession
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effect of earlier unwarned statement ⓘ |
| partyTypeInCase |
defendant in criminal prosecution
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respondent (at trial level) ⓘ |
| relatedToLegalDoctrine |
Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
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Miranda warnings NERFINISHED ⓘ voluntariness of confession ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Michael James Elstad Description of subject: Michael James Elstad is the defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court case Oregon v. Elstad, which addressed the admissibility of a suspect’s post-Miranda confession following an earlier unwarned statement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.