State v. Rodriguez

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

This is a State’s appeal from the trial court’s order suppressing appellee Miguel Rodriguez’s written statement. We reverse the trial court’s order.

BACKGROUND

Rodriguez was arrested and indicted for the offense of indecency with a child after making a written statement to Detective Miguel Zamora of the El Paso Police Department’s child abuse and exploitation unit. Rodriguez filed a motion to suppress the written statement and, after hearing, the trial court entered an order granting suppression. The State appeals with two issues for our consideration.

FACTS

Detective…