Larimer v. State

Staton, P.J.—

Larimer had been charged with incest.1 During his jury trial, his defense counsel objected to Detective Likens’ testimony relating to Larimer’s confession. This confession, the defense counsel contended, was involuntarily given by Larimer. The confession had been made by Larimer near the end of a four and one-half hour interrogation which ended after midnight in the prosecutor’s office. Larimer’s defense counsel was not present at the interrogation. The trial court overruled the objection to Detective Likens’ testimony. Later, the State offered a tape recording into evidence for…