State v. Hinton

309 Ga. 457

FINAL COPY S20A0648. THE STATE v. HINTON. PETERSON, Justice. The trial court found that the State failed to prove that Evontae Hinton, after invoking his right to remain silent, initiated further discussions with a detective and voluntarily waived his right to remain silent; the court therefore suppressed statements Hinton then made to the detective. The State appeals and argues that the trial court misapplied the law and made erroneous factual and credibility determinations, because the detective’s testimony at the motion to suppress hearing clearly showed that Hinton waived his…