Court Opinion

ID: 9762244
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:17:27.810123+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:32.317766
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Justice EID,
concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part.
The trial court found that the defendant's statement made during arrest was the product of "excessive force in subduing the Defendant," and that the statements made six hours later were "the result of the serious injuries inflicted upon [the defendant] by the officers earlier" for which he was "still in need of further medical treatment." Because I would find that these conclusions are properly supported by the record, I would affirm the trial court's suppression of the statements as involuntary. However, I agree with the dissent that the prosecution properly preserved its objection to the suppression of the contraband evidence, and join the dissent to the extent that it would find that the evidence should not have been suppressed. See diss. op. at 1097-98.
I am authorized to say that Justice RICE joins in this opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part.