State v. Parras

The defendant was convicted of murder. He appeals, raising three assignments of error. We affirm.

In his first assignment, defendant contends that the court erred in denying two distinct portions of the defendant’s motion to suppress his own statements.

The initial portion of this contention challenges the admissibility of statements made by the defendant when he was first contacted by the police. During this encounter, the police did not advise the defendant of his Miranda1 rights. The defendant argues that he was subjected to custodial interrogation and, since he was not informed of his…