Legal Opinion
State v. Garner
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 3, 1980No. 49975PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGOSHESKE, Justice.
Defendant, Michael Ray Garner, was found guilty by a jury of uttering a forged check in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.625, subd. 3 (1978), 1 and was sentenced to 10 years. On appeal, he asserts that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a written confession he gave to the police. We conclude that the police coerced the defendant into confessing by using improper interrogation techniques and, accordingly, we reverse.
On September 11, 1978, at about 5 p. m. defendant attempted to cash a check that had been stolen from the West End Iron and Metal Company of Duluth…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Payne v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Lynnwell Smith v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- State v. OrscaninSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. PilcherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
- State v. SlowinskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- State v. ThaggardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- State v. MoormanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993
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