State v. Trent

LAKE, Chief Justice.

Defendant John Marvin Trent was indicted on 12 June 2001 on one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon. On 14 August 2001, he filed two motions to suppress. The motions sought to suppress the victim's identification of defendant and incriminating statements defendant made to police.

The hearing on defendant's motions to suppress commenced on 11 October 2001. The hearing was continued and resumed on 17 January 2002. After hearing evidence and arguments by counsel, the trial court stated: "Rather than rule on this right now, I'm going to review the evidence presented in…