People v. Lumley

Defendant was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Following a Walker [People v Walker (On Rehearing), 374 Mich 331; 132 NW2d 87 (1965)] hearing in the St. Clair Circuit Court, the court granted defendant’s motion to suppress written inculpatory statements he made following a polygraph examination, in which he admitted to having penetrated the five-year-old victim’s vagina with his finger. The statement was suppressed on the basis of involuntari ness. The people appeal by leave granted. We reverse.

On appeal from a Walker hearing, we are required to examine the entire record and…