State v. Anderson

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Judge.

Respondent Howard Elmer Anderson was charged with one count of intrafamilial sexual abuse in the second degree, in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.3642, subd. 1(1) (1984), and one count of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree, in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.345(b) (1984). The state appeals, pursuant to Minn.R.Crim.P. 28.04, subd. 1, from a pretrial order of the district court, Scott County, suppressing statements made by the respondent to an officer of the Savage police department. The district court found that the statements were involuntary because they were…