P. v. Gonzalez CA4/3
About 26 years ago, Salvador Murillo’s dead body was found in an orange grove. The police discovered a shell casing and an empty beer can near the body, but there were no other leads and the case went cold. Seven years ago, DNA was recovered from the beer can; three years ago, the DNA was linked to defendant Paulino Olmos Gonzalez. The police interviewed Olmos twice over the course of two days. He made inculpatory statements and a jury later convicted Olmos of murdering Murillo.
Olmos’s sole contention on appeal is that the police deliberately engaged in a two-step interview process designed to undermine the protections of Miranda. (Missouri v. Seibert (2004) 542 U.S. 600 (Seibert).) We find substantial evidence to support the trial court’s factual determination that the police did not do so. Thus, we affirm the judgment.
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