Legal Opinion

P.G. v. State

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided January 23, 2015No. 20130376-CAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum Decision

ORME, Judge:

{1 In September 2012, seventeen-year-old P.G. was arrested based on his five-year-old sister's allegations that he had sexually abused her.2 At the police station, a *300detective took P.G. to a small room to be interviewed. The detective read P.G. his Miranda rights at the beginning of the interview, and P.G. stated that he understood his rights. During the interview, P.G. repeatedly denied touching M.G., his sister. Ultimately, however, he confessed that his fingers accidentally went inside M.G.'s vagina on one occasion as he was helping her get dressed for…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Oregon v. MathiasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Coy v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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