State v. Chapman

WEBB, Justice.

The defendant’s only argument on appeal is that his confession should have been suppressed. He says this is so for several reasons. He first contends, relying on County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U.S. 44, 114 L. Ed. 2d 49 (1991), and Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103, 43 L. Ed. 2d 54 (1975), that there was an unreasonable delay in having a magistrate determine whether there was probable cause for the issuance of an arrest warrant. These two cases deal with the promptness required for a determination of probable cause by a neutral magistrate after a person has been arrested…