State v. Hofman

562 N.W.2d 898 (1997)

1997 SD 51

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Marlo D. HOFMAN, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 19692.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Considered on Briefs March 27, 1997.

Decided May 7, 1997.

John D. Knight, Deuel County State's Attorney, Clear Lake, for Plaintiff and Appellee.

Terry J. Sutton, Watertown, for Defendant and Appellant.

SABERS, Justice

[¶ 1.] Marlo Hofman appeals his conviction for first-degree murder of his brother. He claims 1) the trial court should have suppressed the second statement he made to police as involuntary and coerced since the court…