State v. Gard

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

Respondent John Gard was charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct. The state appeals a pretrial order suppressing statements made by the respondent during the course of an investigation interview. The trial court ordered suppression after finding the officer gave certain representations to respondent that rendered the statements involuntary and coerced. We affirm.

FACTS

On February 13, 1984, Julie Steiff of the Northern Pines Mental Health Center informed Crow Wing County Deputy Sheriff David Bjerga that two juvenile girls told her their uncle John Gard had…