Opinion ID: 1895037
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Heading: appeals court disposition

Text: The state appealed from the order of the trial court. The appeals court first reversed the trial court on the issue of whether defendant waived his right to have counsel present. However, it affirmed the trial court's decision that defendant's right to silence had not been scrupulously honored during the June 28 interrogation and, therefore, held that the June 28 statements were properly suppressed. It further extended that holding of the trial court to the consent to search given by the defendant on June 27, finding that it, too, had been obtained in violation of defendant's right to silence. Finally, it reversed the trial court on the issue of the voluntariness of defendant's statement made on June 28 and the voluntariness of the consent to search given on June 27. Because of the appeals court's determination that defendant's right to counsel had been waived, the consent to search given after invocation of the right to counsel was not invalidated. However, the appeals court determined that the items seized during the search were properly suppressed because the request for consent to search was made in violation of defendant's right to remain silent. On appeal to this court, the state seeks review of that portion of the decision of the court of appeals that suppressed both the statements made by the defendant and the evidence seized from his living quarters. Defendant, in his cross-petition, seeks review of that portion of the court of appeals decision which reversed the trial court's findings that defendant's right to counsel had been violated and that his statements made on June 28 were involuntary.