State v. Kierstead
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of murder and sentenced to forty-five years in prison. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress statements he made to law enforcement officers in the hours following the murder because he was in a state of intoxication and emotional distress at the time that rendered his statements involuntary. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the court did not err in determining that Defendant’s statements to law enforcement were the free choice of a rational mind, were fundamentally fair, and were not a product of coercive police conduct.
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