STATE v. TRIGGS

No. 02-0447-CR.

264 Wis.2d 861 (2003)

2003 WI App 91

663 N.W.2d 396

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Niko MaShell TRIGGS, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Daniel J. O'Brien, assistant attorney general, and James E. Doyle, attorney general.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of John C. Campion of Campion Law Office, Racine.

Before Brown, Anderson and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. ANDERSON, J.

The State of Wisconsin appeals from an order suppressing inculpatory statements the trial court held were not the voluntary product of a free and unconstrained will because the police misrepresented that there were several witnesses to the incident. Police misrepresentations during an interrogation do not make an otherwise voluntary statement inadmissible, but become one factor in the totality of the circumstances analysis that must be conducted...

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