Barrett v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with malice murder and concealing the death of another in connection with the killing of his girlfriend. The court granted defendant an interlocutory appeal from an order of the superior court which denied his motion to suppress certain statements he made to law enforcement officers in order to consider whether the superior court erred in concluding that defendant's waiver of his Miranda rights was knowing and voluntary in light of the evidence of his mental disabilities. The court held that the superior court did not err where there was evidence to support the determination that, despite some mild mental impairment, defendant was capable of understanding his Miranda rights, including his right to counsel, and that he never invoked this right.
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