State v. Marklyn Brown

Syllabus

The state appealed from an order granting the defendant's (defendant or Mr. Brown) motion to suppress evidence of a conversation between Mr. Brown and his mother recorded by the Providence police in an interview room at the Providence Police Department. On appeal, the state argued that the trial justice erred in suppressing this conversation because Mr. Brown did not possess a reasonable expectation of privacy while at the police station.<br><br>The Supreme Court determined that the defendant possessed a reasonable expectation of privacy pursuant to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article 1, section 6 of the Rhode Island Constitution and affirmed the order of the Superior Court. <br><br>