State v. Shelvin

| iYELVERTON, Judge.

The defendant in this case is Lucretia Shelvin, and the State has charged her with murdering her newborn baby. Defendant filed a motion to suppress two statements given after the death of the baby. The trial judge denied the motions and Lucretia applied for writs. In an unpublished writ disposition, a majority of the panel reversed the ruling of the trial court and ordered the suppression of the two statements in the following language:

*126WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY: The trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress the two statements given by the Defendant on May…