State v. Parks

Miller, J.:

The State has appealed from a ruling of the trial court suppressing the defendant’s statement given to law enforcement officers.

The issues presented are basically factual; namely, whether there was substantial evidence to support the trial court’s ruling, and in this perspective, we have reviewed the record on appeal.

The evidence was that on the morning of June 16, 1978, Mary Jackson, a next-door neighbor of the defendant and his wife Rachel, arose around 6:00 a.m. While working around the kitchen, Mary observed the defendant leave in his pickup truck, and sometime later, observed…