Barcenas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

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1. “We review a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress by making an “independent determination based upon the totality of the circumstances, viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the State.” Wright v. State, 335 Ark. 395, 403-04 , 983 S.W.2d 397, 401 (1998) (citing Tabor v. State, 333 Ark. 429 , 971 S.W.2d 227 (1998)). The ruling will only be reversed if it is clearly against the preponderance of the evidence. See id. An accused’s statement made while in custody is presumptively involuntary, and the burden is on the State to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the custodial statement was given voluntarily and was knowingly and intelligendy made. See Smith v. State, 334 Ark. 190 , 974 S.W.2d 427 (1998) (citing Humphrey v. State, 327 Ark. 753 , 940 S.W.2d 860 (1997). We make an independent review of the totality of the circumstances surrounding the confession to determine whether the appellant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his constitutional rights. See id. (citing Davis v. State, 330 Ark. 76 , 953 S.W.2d 559 (1997)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hill v. State