C4-96-33, State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Justin Marshall Critt, Appellant.

State: Minnesota

Court: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Clerk

Docket No: C4-96-33

Case Date: 09/10/1996

Plaintiff: C4-96-33, State of Minnesota, Respondent,

Defendant: Justin Marshall Critt, Appellant.

Preview:State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Justin Marshall Critt, Appellant. C4-96-33, Court of Appeals Published, September 10, 1996.

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS C4-96-33 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Justin Marshall Critt, Appellant. Filed September 10, 1996 Affirmed Huspeni, Judge Becker County District Court File No. K89576 Hubert Humphrey, III, Attorney General, Thomas R. Ragatz, Asst. Attorney General, 1400 NCL Tower, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101 (for Respondent) Joseph A. Evans, Becker County Attorney, P. O. Box 743, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502 (for Respondent) Chad M. Oldfather, Special Asst. State Public Defender, 2200 Norwest Center, 90 South 7th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for Appellant) Considered and decided by Huspeni, Presiding Judge, Randall, Judge, and Amundson, Judge. SYLLABUS 1. Four-minute gap in recording of police interview with appellant was not substantial violation of Scales recording requirement, warranting suppression of confession, where violation was not intentional and still left evidence of police misrepresentation to appellant. 2. Appellant's confession was not involuntary, despite police misrepresentation of strength of evidence against him. Affirmed. OPINION HUSPENI, Judge This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for first-degree arson. Minn. Stat.

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