Jones v. State

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

During his custodial interrogation, Reginald R. Jones, Jr., asked his interrogator several times if they could speak “off the record.” The officer agreed that Jones could speak “off the record, between you and me.” The conversation was actually recorded and Jones made several damaging admissions. After the grand jury indicted him, Jones moved to suppress the “off the record” statements. The superior court denied Jones’s motion and much of Jones’s statement was admitted at trial.

Based on our independent evaluation of the record, we conclude that Jones’s statement was…