People v. V.S.

The State indicted defendant, V.S., for criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse (111. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, pars. 12 — 13(a)(3), 12 — 16(b)). Defendant brought a motion to suppress his statements, alleging that the investigators had not read him the Miranda warnings prior to their interview with him. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to suppress, and the State appeals. The issue on appeal is whether the investigators were obliged to read the Miranda warnings because defendant was the focus of their investigation.

Joyce Rizzo testified that she was a criminal…