Legal Opinion

State v. R.C.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided April 17, 2015No. CR-13-0983PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BURKE, Judge.

R.C. was indicted for murder, see § 13A-6-2, Ala.Code 1975. Prior to trial, R.C. filed a motion to suppress inculpatory statements he made in a series of interviews with police officers.1 After a hearing on the matter, the trial court granted R.C.’s motion. The State now appeals.

The record reveals that Detective Donald Pears of the Mobile Police Department conducted three interviews with R.C. regarding an investigation into the murder of Sary Kinn. During the last interview on .January 14, 2011, R.C. admitted that he and another individual shot and killed Kinn. Before that…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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California v. PrysockSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
State v. HillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
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3Cited by1 opinion

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