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PIECE OF EVIDENCE WILL BE TOSSED. >> IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE MORE DIFFICULT TO TRY THE CASE WITHOUT A CONFESSION. ADAM A 29-PAGE MOTION FILED ON : FRIDAY, BY RIVERA’S ATTORNEYS SAY HIS 5TH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED. THAT HE WASN’T READ HIS RIGHTS BEFORE QUESTIONING. HE WOULDN’T NEED AN ATTORNEY PRESENT AND THAT HE HAD THE RIGHT TO DECLINE TO COOPERATE WITH OFFICERS. THE DOCUMENTS ALSO MENTION A LANGUAGE BARRIER AND RIVERA NEEDED A TRANSLATOR. >> IF IT’S TRUE THAT HE WAS I CUSTODY AND BEING INTERROGATED AND WAS NOT GIVEN THE MIRANDA WARNING, MADE STATEMENTS WITHOUT WAVING HIS RIGHTS, THEN IT’S A VALID MOTION. ADAM THOUGH A VALID MOTION DRAKE : LAW PROFESSOR DAVID MCCORD SAYS THE STATE COULD STILL TRY THE CASE WITH OTHER EVIDENCE. >> THE MOTION DOESN’T SAY THAT ANYTHING FOUND IN THE VEHCILE -- VEHICLE SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED. ADAM THE IOWA ATTORNEY GENERALS : OFFICE ISN’T RELEASING A STATEMENT, BUT SAYS IT PLANS TO RESIST THE MOTION. RIVERA’S ATTORNEYS WANT THE TRIAL MOVED OUT OF POWESHIEK COUNTY ALLOWING MORE MINORITY REPRESENTATION AND A NEUTRAL JURY BUT MCCORD SAYS THAT COULD BE T

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Attorneys representing the man accused of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts are asking to have his confession dropped from the case.Cristhian Bahena Rivera has been charged with first-degree murder in the 20-year-old's death.A 29-page motion filed Friday by Rivera's attorneys said his Fifth Amendment constitutional rights were violated.The motion claims Rivera was not read his rights before questioning, including his right to have an attorney present and his right to decline to cooperate with officers."If it's true that he was in custody and being interrogated and was not given the Miranda warning (or) made statements without waiving his rights, then it's a valid motion," said Drake University law professor David McCord.Though the motion would be valid, McCord said the city of Brooklyn could still try the case with other evidence."The motion doesn't say that anything found in the vehicle should be suppressed," he said.The Iowa Attorney General's Office said it plans to resist the motion.Rivera's attorneys also filed a second motion to move the trial out of Poweshiek County, allowing more minority representation and a neutral jury."It's going to be hard to find some portion of the state where the case is not well known," McCord said. "If the judge determines that, really, a fair jury pool can't be drawn from the county, then the judge can move it to another county."Rivera pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mollie Tibbetts. If found guilty, he will spend life in prison.His trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 3 at the Poweshiek County Courthouse.