Legal Opinion
Cole v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided September 20, 1996No. A-5532PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
George E. Cole appeals his conviction for second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, AS 11.41.436(a)(3), contending that a statement he gave to the police was involuntary and should have been suppressed. We reverse.
FACTS
On October 11,1993, Seward Police Officer Todd McGillivray received information that Cole had sexually abused C.C., Cole’s sixteen-year-old adopted daughter. Upon being interviewed at the police station, C.C. confirmed the report.
C.C. told McGillivray that in September of 1993 her father (Cole) caught her smoking. Cole offered C.C. a deal: C.C. could…
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