STATE v. FOSSEN

No. 47121.

255 N.W.2d 357 (1977)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Gary Bruce FOSSEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 25, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Robert W. Johnson, County Atty., Robert A. Stanich, Asst. County Atty., Anoka, for appellant.

Meshbesher Singer & Spence, Ronald I. Meshbesher and Carol Grant, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Douglas W. Cann and David W. Larson, St. Paul, for Minn. County Attys. Counsel seeking reversal, amicus curiae.

Heard before MacLAUGHLIN, SCOTT and STAHLER, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

Defendant, Gary Bruce Fossen, is charged by indictment with three counts of murder in the first degree, Minn.St. 609.185. The State of Minnesota appeals from a pretrial order of the district court suppressing certain statements made by defendant while being held in the Anoka County jail. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

On February 25, 1976, the Anoka County sheriff's office received a report of a shooting in the city of Ramsey...

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