Legal Opinion
State v. Dixon
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 26, 1995No. WD 50292PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.
After James Dixon had been arraigned in 1994 on charges of sodomy and sexual abuse and after the circuit court had appointed an attorney to represent him, a service worker with the Division of Family Services obtained inculpatory admissions from him during an interview while he was in jail awaiting trial. The service worker shared the information with police. The circuit court refused to suppress this evidence. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
The state accused Dixon in connection with an incident on April 1, 1994, involving a five-year-old girl. The state…
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