State v. S.S.

In this interlocutory appeal, we must determine two issues: what is the appropriate standard of appellate review of a trial court’s factual findings based solely on the court’s viewing of a video-recorded police interrogation, and did defendant invoke his right to remain silent during the interrogation.

Relying solely on a review of the video-recorded interrogation, the trial court found that defendant asserted his right to silence when he said, “that’s all I got to say. That’s it.” The trial court suppressed all statements made after that utterance because the investigators failed to honor…