State v. Alspach

At issue in the present case is whether the district court erred in failing to suppress allegedly involuntary statements made by the defendant during custodial interrogation by the police because he made those statements on the belief that he would achieve religious redemption. We do not believe the district court erred in admitting the statements and we affirm.

On January 3, 1993, Pete Alspach and his nephew Charles Alspach randomly selected C.B. as the victim of their planned sexual assault. Charles hid in the back of C.B.’s van in a grocery store parking lot. When she returned from the…