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Facts

• The case involves the Defendant, Tanya Carrillo, whose incriminating statements were suppressed by the district court. The suppression was based on the court's determination that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that Carrillo had been read her Miranda rights before making those statements to law enforcement.

Procedural History

• District Court of Valencia County, Cindy M. Mercer, District Judge: Granted Defendant Tanya Carrillo’s motion to suppress her incriminating statements.

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellant (State): Argued that the district court erred in suppressing the Defendant's statements because she had been given Miranda warnings before her interview with Officer Davis and understood her rights.
• Defendant-Appellee (Carrillo): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in suppressing the Defendant's incriminating statements on the basis that she was not adequately informed of her Miranda rights.
• Whether the Defendant's statements should be excluded entirely from the trial or if they could be admissible for impeachment purposes if she testifies.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision to suppress the Defendant's incriminating statements.

Reasons

• Per James J. Wechsler, with Roderick T. Kennedy and Timothy L. Garcia concurring, the Court of Appeals was not persuaded by the State's arguments to reverse the district court's suppression order. The State acknowledged the district court's finding regarding the inadequacy of Miranda rights briefing to the Defendant and conceded that the court did not err in suppressing the statements for the State's case in chief. However, the State contested the breadth of the suppression order, suggesting that the statements should be admissible for impeachment purposes if the Defendant testifies. The Court of Appeals declined to address this hypothetical scenario, emphasizing its policy against resolving abstract or moot questions and thereby affirmed the district court's suppression order without addressing the admissibility of the statements for impeachment purposes (paras 1-5).