State v. Hart

Defendant Hart appeals from conviction in the Fourth Judicial District Court, Lake County, upon a jury verdict of guilty of sexual assault. We affirm the District Court.

Defendant maintains that the District Court erred in admitting police testimony of several statements allegedly made by defendant prior to his receiving a Miranda warning. See Miranda v. Arizona (1966), 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694. The State and defendant disagree on whether defendant was in custody when he made the statements and whether defendant’s motion to suppress the statements was timely.

In the early…