The Answer is : C.

Miranda applies only to custodial interrogation. The defendant was not in custody when the officer questioned her. Therefore, as choice (C) states, her statements are admissible against her.

Choice (A) is incorrect because, not being in custody, the defendant was not entitled to receive Miranda warnings. The defendant is not deemed to be in custody because her freedom to walk away was not curtailed.

Choice (B) is incorrect. The Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not attach until a critical stage in a prosecution is reached. Because the defendant was not the focus of the investigation as a suspect when she was questioned, she did not yet have a right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment. The suspect’s Fifth Amendment right to counsel also did not attach here, since she was not subjected to custodial interrogation (which would have necessitated the administration of Miranda warnings, at which point the defendant would have a right to insist upon the presence of counsel during any custodial interrogations).

Choice (D) is incorrect. So far as the facts reveal, the officer asked questions and the defendant answered them; the statements are thus the product of interrogation.