State v. Marc Gouin

Justice Indeglia, for the Court.

The state appeals a Providence County Superior Court justice's decision granting a motion to suppress brought by the defendant, Marc Gouin (Gouin or defendant). The defendant was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of child molestation. Prior to trial, he moved to suppress statements he made to a Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) investigator on grounds that he had rendered the statements involuntarily. The hearing justice granted his motion, and the state appealed as allowed by G.L. 1956 § 9-24-32. For the reasons set forth herein, we…