Court Opinion

ID: 9821977
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 08:37:23.409532+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:43:55.119907
License: Public Domain

KHOUZAM, Judge,
Specially concurring.
I concur in the majority’s opinion but write separately to note that I am concerned by the extremely accusatory character of the detective’s interview with Thompson, as revealed by the CD recording. In my view, the detective’s heavy-handed tactics and harsh tone were so egregious that they alone nearly transformed the consensual interview into a custodial interrogation for purposes of Miranda. Indeed, considering these facts, I understand why the trial court in this case believed that suppression was appropriate. However, I acknowledge that the accusatory nature of the interrogation is only one of the factors to be considered and we are constrained to reverse based on the clear precedent delineated by the majority.