Kalmakoff v. State

Order

IT IS ORDERED:

1. The petition in this case concerns whether certain statements made by the defendant, Byron Kalmakoff, were properly admitted during his criminal trial. Kalmakoff gave statements during a series of four interviews conducted by Alaska State Troopers sent to investigate the murder of a woman in the village of Pilot Point, Alaska when Kal-makoff was fifteen years old. Prior to his jury trial, Kalmakoff moved to suppress all of the statements made during these interviews. The trial court admitted statements made during the first half of the first interview and all statements…