Suppression – Miranda Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//July 27, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. J.T.M.

Case No.: 2015AP1585

Officials: SEIDL, J.

Focus: Suppression – Miranda Violation

James appeals an adjudication for first-degree sexual assault of a child. He argues his statement during a police interrogation should have been suppressed either for a Miranda violation or because the statement was involuntary. We conclude James’s statement was obtained in violation of Miranda, and we reverse.

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