State v. Craig

The State of Montana appeals from a decision of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, granting defendant’s motion to suppress his confession made following a post-polygraph interview.

*241We affirm.

The State raises the following issue:

Did the District Court err in granting defendant’s motion to suppress a statement given by defendant following a polygraph examination?

Defendant is accused of sexually assaulting his 11-year-old step-granddaughter on July 12,1992, while on a family fishing excursion in Great Falls. Defendant does not have an existing criminal record.

Defendant was first…