State v. Bozung

DURHAM, Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

1 The State has appealed the dismissal of this case, challenging two pretrial rulings: the district court's grant of a motion to suppress the Defendant's confession because of an inadequate Miranda warning, and the denial of a motion to reopen the suppression issue to permit additional evidence. We hold that the district court erred when it relied on rule 24 of the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure to deny the State's pretrial motion for a new hearing on the Defendant's Motion to Suppress. We clarify that rule 24 applies to posttrial motions for a new trial 1…