Legal Opinion

State v. Discoe

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 12, 1983No. Cr. 890PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

The State appealed from an order of the district court of Ward County suppressing (1) a statement made by Randall A. Discoe to police officers while being questioned at the Minot police station and (2) evidence obtained from the trunk of Discoe’s car following a consent to search. In its order, the trial court held that both the confession and the consent to search were involuntary. We affirm.

Essentially one issue is raised by the State in its appeal from the trial court’s order: namely, did the trial court err in granting Discoe’s motion to suppress the statement in…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. State v. ShafferCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1980
  4. Barrera v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
  5. People v. TraubertSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. City of Fairgo v. ThompsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
  2. State v. DeCoteauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. RonngrenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  4. McCoy v. North Dakota Department of TransportationNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2014
  5. State v. AvilaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997

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