State v. Lee

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Respondent is charged with criminal sexual conduct in the third degree. See Minn. Stat. § 609.344(c) (1984). Pursuant to Minn.R.Crim.P. 28.04, subd. 1(1), the State appeals from a pretrial order granting respondent’s motion to suppress statements made by him to one Henrietta Adams Faul-coner. The trial court based its order on the grounds that the respondent had a reasonable belief that the communications he made to Faulconer were confidential and were therefore protected by the attorney-client privilege. The State contends that the suppressed statements are the only…