Bere v. State

The offense for which the defendant was convicted arose out of an incident which occurred at the Gordon State Prison Camp while defendant was detained there as an inmate on May 15 and 16, 1975. The property involved was a bus owned by the Department of Natural Resources and utilized at the camp to transport inmates to work projects.

Prior to the commencement of the trial and out of the presence of the jury, a combination Miranda-Goodchild hearing was held to determine the voluntariness of a written confession to the charged crime given by the defendant on June 9, 1975. The trial court found…