State v. Walker

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 9255
• 103 N.E.3d 325

Syllabus

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL - MIRANDA: The trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress his statement to police on the basis that the waiver of his Miranda rights was involuntary because he did not have the mental capacity to waive the rights: even with expert testimony indicating that defendant had not understood the rights, there was sufficient evidence supporting the trial court's decision to disregard the experts' opinions and determine that the waiver was proper. [But see DISSENT: The trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress because the court arbitrarily ignored the substantial, credible, and uncontroverted expert evidence that demonstrated defendant did not have the intellectual capacity to knowingly or intelligently waive his Miranda rights.]