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STATE v. GARNER

No. 49975.

294 N.W.2d 725 (1980)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael Ray GARNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, and Mark F. Anderson, Deputy Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Alan L. Mitchell, County Atty., Duluth, Brian D. Simonson, Asst. County Atty., Hibbing, for respondent.

Heard before OTIS, ROGOSHESKE, and TODD, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Defendant, Michael Ray Garner, was found guilty by a jury of uttering a forged check in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.625, subd. 3 (1978),1 and was sentenced to 10 years. On appeal, he asserts that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a written confession he gave to the police. We conclude that the police coerced the defendant into confessing by using improper...

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