STATE v. ALSPACH

No. 93-1125.

524 N.W.2d 665 (1994)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Pete ALSPACH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Andi S. Lipman, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Sheryl A. Soich, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee E. Poppen, County Atty., and Jeffrey R. TeKippe, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, NEUMAN, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

At issue in the present case is whether the district court erred in failing to suppress allegedly involuntary statements made by the defendant during custodial interrogation by the police because he made those statements on the belief that he would achieve religious redemption. We do not believe the district court erred in admitting the statements and we affirm.

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