State v. Bell

The decision of the Trial Court to suppress the incriminating statement given by Albert Bell to the police on January 8, 1993, rested on two alternate findings. First, the Trial Court found that the police failed to apprise Mr. Bell on January 8 that he was under no legal obligation to accompany them to the police station, that the police did not have probable cause to arrest Mr. Bell on that date, and that suppression of the statement was therefore required under Ark. R. Crim. P. 2.3. Second, the Trial Court concluded that Mr. Bell did not knowingly and intelligently waive his constitutional…