State v. Brown

This is an appeal from the December 1, 1992 decision of the Wood County Court of Common Pleas, granting appellee’s motion to suppress. Appellant asserts the following sole assignment of error:

“The trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion to suppress on the basis that statements made by the defendant were coerced because no evidence was offered to support such a conclusion.”

The following facts are relevant to this appeal. The Wood County Department of Human Services (“DHS”) began an investigation regarding allegations of sexual contact between appellee Donald Brown and his…