Legal Opinion
State v. Sawyer
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 25, 2005No. M2002-01062-SC-R11-COPublishedCited by 34 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, J.
BARKER, JJ., and ALLEN W. WALLACE, Sp.J. joined.
The defendant, Charles Sawyer, was arrested by the police for aggravated sexual battery. Following his arrest, Sawyer made an oral statement to the police after an officer read to Sawyer an affidavit supporting the arrest warrant but before the officer advised Sawyer of his Fifth Amendment rights pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Sawyer filed a motion to suppress his oral statement. Based upon the nature of the facts contained in the affidavit supporting the issuance of the arrest warrant…
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