Legal Opinion

In re S.M.S.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided February 2, 2010No. DA 09-0230PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris

¶1 S.M.S. appeals the order of the Eighth Judicial District Youth Court, Cascade County, denying his motion to suppress. We affirm.

¶2 We review on appeal whether the Youth Court properly denied S.M.S.’s motion to suppress his confession.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 R.S., S.M.S.’s father, brought S.M.S. to the Cascade County Sheriffs Office on October 12, 2007, to register S.M.S. as a sex offender. S.M.S. was 16 years old at the time. While at the Sheriffs Office, R.S. told Sergeant Scott Van Dyken that he had caught S.M.S. in the bedroom of S.S., S.M.S.’s six year old sister, a few…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. ReavleyMontana Supreme Court · 2003
  2. State v. MorriseyMontana Supreme Court · 2009
  3. State v. HillMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  4. State v. J.C.Montana Supreme Court · 2004
  5. State v. JonesMontana Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re SmsMontana Supreme Court · 2010

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