State v. Beckman

Rogosheske, Justice.

Defendant was charged in the county court of Olmsted County with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquors in violation of Minn. St. 169.121. Before trial and in response to defendant’s motion, the county court entered an order suppressing evidence of the results of a breathalyzer test taken by defendant after his arrest and of his prearrest incriminating admission that he had consumed intoxicants. The court reasoned that defendant’s prearrest admission, which he made before receiving a Miranda warning, and the results of the test were illegally obtained…