Legal Opinion

State v. Camacho

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 20, 1997No. C8-96-293PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

On April 22, 1995, 14-year-old Joshua Po-cock was found stabbed to death in the basement of his home. Steven Joel Camacho, a friend of the murder victim, was arrested for the murder. The day of his arrest, Camacho made several inculpatory statements to the police. Camacho was indicted for first-degree murder, and a public defender was appointed to represent him. Prior to trial, Camacho moved to suppress the inculpatory statements. The district court excluded some of the statements, but admitted others. Camacho also notified the court that he intended to raise a mental…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. State v. MunsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
  2. State v. BlomSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
  3. State v. WorthySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
  4. State v. ArguellesUtah Supreme Court · 2003
  5. State v. RileySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997

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