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STATE v. ORTIZ

No. 07-1707.

766 N.W.2d 244 (2009)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Luis Fernando ORTIZ, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Jean C. Pettinger and Mary Tabor, Assistant Attorneys General, Patrick Jennings, Woodbury County Attorney, and Jill R. Pitsenbarger, Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.

Shelley Goff, Ruston, LA, for appellee.

WIGGINS, Justice.

The police brought a suspect to the police station for questioning. The suspect spoke little or no English. After signing a Spanish-language "voluntary waiver of rights," he stated he did not understand his rights. Then a Spanish-speaking officer read the suspect a Spanish Miranda advisory. The suspect waived his rights and confessed to inappropriate contact with a child. The State charged the suspect

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