State v. Norberg

OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

The state appeals from a pretrial order suppressing certain statements made by the respondent, Daryl Norberg, in which Norberg admitted to sexual contact with a mentally retarded resident of the group home he ran in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. We reverse.

FACTS

Respondent is the owner/operator of the Crestview Board and Care Facility, a group home for the mentally ill and mentally retarded in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. On September 7, 1987, Deborah Johnson, an investigator in the attorney general’s office, began a criminal investigation into allegations made by C.S., a…