State v. Peterson

LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Steven Joseph Peterson of first-degree murder. He appealed his conviction, judgment, and sentence, contending the district court erred in refusing to suppress statements he made to law enforcement officers. We transferred the case to the court of appeals, which held that the district court should have sup pressed the statements, but that any error in admitting them was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We granted Peterson’s application for further review. Our de novo review of the record leads us to conclude that the district court should have…