State v. Rush

In its murder prosecution against Cindi Renee Katherine Rush, the State has appealed a pre-trial ruling by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County suppressing from evidence inculpatory statements Rush gave to the police. The State asks whether the circuit court erred in ruling that the statements were obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Rush maintains that the Miranda ruling was correct but asks, beyond that, • whether the suppression ruling should be upheld because, contrary to the alternative ruling of the circuit court, her…