State v. Dodge

*602*32After defendant's niece, D, alleged that defendant had sexually abused her when she was a child, detectives interviewed defendant at a sheriff's office. During that interview, defendant mainly described a supportive, fatherly relationship with D and denied the allegations of sexual contact. However, he also made some inculpatory statements. Defendant eventually was charged with 46 counts of sexual abuse, rape, sodomy, and unlawful sexual penetration. He unsuccessfully moved to suppress the statements he made during the interview on the ground that he had invoked his constitutional right to…