State v. Navy

Respondent was convicted of homicide by child abuse in the suffocation death of his almost two year old son and received a twenty year sentence. On appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed, holding “the trial court erred in admitting [respondent’s] voluntary oral statement and the second and third written statements.” State v. Navy, 370 S.C. 398, 635 S.E.2d 549 (Ct.App.2006). We granted the State’s petition for certiorari, and now affirm the decision to the extent it holds the second and third written statements are inadmissible under Missouri v. Seibert, 542 U.S. 600, 124 S.Ct. 2601, 159…