State v. Larson
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of the deliberate homicide of his ex-wife. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not err in denying Defendant’s motion to suppress statements made while in police custody, because even if the police questioned Defendant in violation of his right to counsel and right to remain silent there was no reasonable probability that admission of the interview contributed to Defendant’s conviction; and (2) because there was no reasonable possibility the results of Defendant’s trial would have been different had the interview been held inadmissible, Defendant’s claim that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel when counsel failed to present the video recording of the police interview at the suppression hearing must fail.
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