State v. Unga

¶40 (concurring) — Leaa’Esola Unga was convicted of second degree taking a motor vehicle without permission6 and second degree vehicle prowling7 based solely on his confession: “I was in a Honda Civic that was *114stolen. ... I know this one was stolen .... I used a marker and wrote on the dash board . . . .” Clerk’s Papers at 45. Unga confessed after Detective Mikulcik made an unequivocal, yet limited, promise of immunity from prosecution for the graffiti.

¶41 While I agree with the majority that the State’s dismissal of the vehicle prowl charge controls the outcome of this case, see majority at…