Legal Opinion · Dissent

State v. Spaeth

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided July 13, 2012No. 2009AP2907-CRPublished

1DissentPatience Drake Roggensack, J.

¶ 96. (dissenting). I conclude that the majority opinion errs in assuming that Spaeth's February 15, 2006, statements to his probation agent were incriminating, compelled testimony, and then permitting that assumption to drive its conclusion that Spaeth's confession to Oshkosh police officers must be suppressed. As I explain fully herein, Spaeth's statements to his probation agent were not incriminating, compelled testimony and his confession to the Oshkosh police officers was voluntarily made. Therefore, I would affirm Spaeth's conviction of four counts of first-degree sexual assault of a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Minnesota v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Spevack v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Lefkowitz v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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