Legal Opinion
Forster v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided July 30, 2010No. A-9470, A-9490PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOLGER, Judge.
David S. Forster shot and killed a police officer. Forster moved to suppress the statements he made during several interrogations following his arrest, arguing that he was mentally incapable of waiving his Miranda rights 1 and that the interrogations that followed his first court appearance violated his right to counsel.
The superior court suppressed Forster’s statements from the first interrogation after concluding that Forster’s mental condition prevented him from knowingly and intelligently waiving his Miranda rights. The court also suppressed the statements Forster…
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