State v. Pittman

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

The State of Arkansas brings this interlocutory appeal from the order of the Desha County Circuit Court granting Appellee Robert Pittman Jr.’s motion to suppress a custodial statement. The trial court suppressed the statement because it concluded that the officer had continued the interrogation environment after Appellee had invoked his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), and that the officer knew or should have known that his actions would have likely caused Appellee to incriminate himself. The State contends that the trial court’s ruling is based…