People v. Mendez

The prosecutor has filed this interlocutory appeal, seeking reversal of the trial court’s order granting defendant’s pretrial motion to suppress his statement to the police on the ground that he was not given Miranda 1 warnings before police questioning. The trial court determined that the police questioning of defendant at the police station constituted a custodial interrogation. We reverse.

In reviewing suppression hearing findings, this Court will defer to the trial court’s findings of historical fact, absent clear error. People v Cheatham, 453 Mich 1, 29-30 (Boyle, J.), 44 (Weaver, J.);…