Legal Opinion
State v. Brooks
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 7, 2006No. WD 64887PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.
The State appeals the trial courts granting of a motion to suppress incriminating statements Defendant Maria Brooks made to the police prior to receiving Miranda warnings. Ms. Brooks was interrogated by police in connection with the suffocation death of an infant girl that Brooks had been babysitting. The State contends that no warnings were required because Brooks was not in custody when she gave the statements. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.
Factual Background
On January 7, 2004, at 2:20 p.m., twenty-five-year-old Maria…
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