State v. Grimestad

The State of Montana appeals from an order of the district court, Flathead County, granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence on the grounds that certain incrimination statements and admissions made by defendant were not voluntar)'.

On October 3, 1977, around 7:00 in the evening, officers of the Flathead County sheriff’s department were summoned to the scene of a shooting near the Isaac Walton Inn outside of Essex, Montana, on Highway 2 East. Upon arrival, they encountered defendant Wayne Lee Grimestad waiting with a highway patrolman near defendant’s pickup truck. In the cab of the…