State of Arizona v. Michael Jonathon Carlson

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Following a suppression hearing, the trial court granted the defendant Michael Carlson’s motion to suppress statements he had made to law enforcement officers, finding they were taken in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). The state appealed the suppression order pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-4032(6). We affirm.

¶ 2 When reviewing a suppression order entered after a hearing, we consider only the evidence presented at the hearing, which we view in the light most favorable to upholding the trial court’s order.…