ESTES v. STATE

No. A-10316.

249 P.3d 313 (2011)

Cynthia J. ESTES, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

March 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan S. Bair , Assistant Public Advocate, Appeals & Statewide Defense Section, and Rachel Levitt , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Timothy W. Terrell , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Daniel S. Sullivan , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Cynthia J. Estes and her husband, Richard Deremer, were suspected of killing Estes's cousin, David McKinney, and stealing his supplies of prescription pain medications. During the investigation of this homicide, the state troopers enlisted Deremer's cousin, Jason Chew, to engage Estes in a monitored conversation about the homicide. During this conversation, Chew attempted to draw out Estes by telling her that he had spoken...

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