State v. Rogers

Sognier, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court’s grant of Rogers’ pretrial motion to suppress certain tape recordings.

Jerry Sanders and appellee Rogers were prime suspects in the al leged murder of Harold Justus on March 4, 1983. They were confined in separate facilities shortly after Justus’ death. Although Rogers was confined on a probation revocation for unrelated offenses, he continued to be a suspect in the alleged murder and investigators continued to question him about that offense.

In July 1983 Sanders alone was indicted for Justus’ murder. He negotiated a plea to voluntary…