State v. Brown

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

This case comes before us on the State’s petition for review of the Court of Appeals decision in State v. Brown, 37 Kan. App. 2d 726, 157 P.3d 655 (2007). The State sought interlocutory review of a district court decision suppressing Brown’s statements to law enforcement officers, in which he confessed his involvement in injuring his 1-month-old child, because the statements were not freely and voluntarily made. The Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the district court.

The Court of Appeals set out the underlying facts as follows:

“On…