State v. Old-Horn

¶1 The State appeals from the order of the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Lake County, suppressing Defendant Clifford Old-Horn’s statements to police and granting him a new trial. We affirm.

¶2 The issue presented on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it granted Old-Horn’s motion to suppress on the grounds that his statements to police were made involuntarily.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 In 2007, Old-Horn was halfway through a five-year sentence for burglary in the Great Falls Regional Prison. He had a close relationship with his cellmate, Robert Gardner, who was…