State v. Thompson

OPINION

A. PAUL LOMMEN, Judge.

This is an appeal by the state from a pretrial order suppressing a statement made to police by respondent Earl Thompson’s present wife, Debbie Thompson, then known as Debbie Perunovich. Respondent is charged with theft by aiding and abetting welfare fraud, Minn.Stat. §§ 256.98 and 609.05, subd. 1 (1986). We affirm.

FACTS

Respondent Earlhue Thompson was arrested on December 9, 1986 in the apartment of Debbie Perunovich, whom he has since married and who is the mother of his two children. Perunovich was receiving AFDC from Anoka County on the Absent Parent program.…