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STATE v. ARRIAGA-LUNA

No. 20110718.

311 P.3d 1028 (2013)

2013 UT 56

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Delfino ARRIAGA-LUNA, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Swallow , Att'y. Gen., Ryan D. Tenney , Asst. Att'y. Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Joan C. Watt , Brenda M. Viera , Salt Lake City, for appellee.

Justice DURHAM, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 The State appeals the district court's grant of defendant Delfino Arriaga-Luna's motion to suppress his confession to murder. The district court held that this confession was coerced because of the interrogating officers' "invocation of Mr. Arriaga-Luna's children as a method to get a confession." We reverse.

BACKGROUND

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