Legal Opinion
Linares v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 28, 1996No. S96A0682, S96A0683PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
Juan Manuel Rivas Linares and Sarafin Quintana were convicted at a joint trial of the murder of their roommate, Carlos Velasquez, and sentenced to life imprisonment. After a pretrial hearing, the trial court ruled that Linares made a statement to police after invoking his right to counsel and the state could introduce that custodial statement solely for impeachment purposes. Linares alleges that the trial court’s ruling violated his constitutional right to testify on his own behalf. Although we agree with Linares that his statement was involuntary and could not be…
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