State v. Bozung

245 P.3d 739 (2011)

2011 UT 2

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

Gareth BOZUNG, Defendant and Appellee.

No. 20080480.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 7, 2011.

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Karen A. Klucznik, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Thomas H. Means, Margaret P. Lindsay, Douglas J. Thompson, Provo, for defendant.

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…