Legal Opinion
People v. Daoud
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 20, 2000No. 113994, Calendar No. 7PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
We consider in this case the trial court’s decision to suppress defendant’s voluntary confession on the ground that defendant did not “knowingly and intelligently” waive his Miranda1 rights. We conclude *625that the trial court applied an erroneous legal standard in assessing the validity of defendant’s Miranda waiver. Moreover, we conclude that the waiver was valid. Therefore, we reverse the trial court’s decision suppressing defendant’s confession.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On May 21, 1994, defendant flagged down Detroit Police Officers Nevin Hughes and Linda Dickinson, who were on…
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