Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 369 opinions matched; showing 1–50.

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A24-0344 Minn. 2025-07-02 Denied State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Ryan Charles Rooney, Appellant
… ere to discuss what happened at the Residence Inn. They informed Rooney of his Miranda rights. When asked if he understood and would talk to the officers, Rooney verbally responded “yes” and wrote “y” on the paper. The interview lasted a …
A17-0609 Minn. 2019-06-12 Denied State v. Lopez-Ramos
… interview by the law enforcement officer. But the officer read Lopez-Ramos his Miranda rights before starting the voluntary interview. Based on the circumstances, we assume without deciding that the interview was a custodial interrogation. …
A18-0545 Minn. Ct. App. 2019-05-13 Denied State v. Thompson
… le impaired. Officer Bendel placed handcuffs on Thompson's wrists, read him the Miranda warning, and placed him in the back seat of his patrol car. Officer Bendel asked the Red Lake dispatcher to contact the Beltrami County Sheriff's office …
A18-0704 Minn. Ct. App. 2019-03-25 Denied Otto v. Comm'r Safety
… 28, 2018); State v. Kline , 351 N.W.2d 388 , 390 (Minn. App. 1984) ("[G]iving a Miranda warning in an implied consent situation can be confusing to the driver."); Butler v. Comm'r of Pub. Safety , 348 N.W.2d 827 , 828 (Minn. App. 1984) (sta …
A17-1410 Minn. 2018-07-18 Denied State v. Johnson
… was in the interrogation room at the start of questioning. Johnson was read her Miranda rights, and was twice told that she had the right to an attorney. Johnson stated that she understood her rights. During questioning, Johnson confirmed t …
A17-0683 Minn. 2018-06-06 Denied State v. Vasquez
… n of his Fifth Amendment rights based on his medical distress and the lack of a Miranda warning. Vasquez also moved to suppress his medical records on the theory that those records were illegally seized. Vasquez did not invoke his medical p …
A16-0229 Minn. 2018-03-28 Denied State v. Heinonen
… th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Accordingly, a warning under Miranda v. Arizona , 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), was not required and suppression of evidence is not justified. We therefore affirm. F …
A16-1534 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-03 Denied State of Minnesota v. John Joseph Plevell
… stify before the grand jury. The grand jury also considered petitioner’s post- Miranda statement to investigators. DECISION Petitioner seeks discretionary review of an order denying his motion …
A15-1821 Minn. 2016-10-19 Denied State of Minnesota v. Jonas David Nelson
… erson. They told Nelson that the conversation would be recorded and gave him a Miranda warning. After the Miranda warning, Nelson asked whether he would have the right to refuse to answer a question, and the officers responded that he wou …
A15-85 Minn. 2016-08-24 Denied State of Minnesota v. Anthony James Cox
… concluding at 4:45 a.m. Agent Wold began the interview by informing Cox of his Miranda rights. See Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). When asked whether he understood those rights, Cox answered, “Uh h …
A15-1298 Minn. 2016-06-22 Denied Darek Jon Nelson v. State of Minnesota
… fter receiving medical treatment, Nelson was taken to the county jail, given a Miranda warning, and interviewed. 2 During the interview, Nelson explained that he and Lozano both worked …
A14-1464 Minn. 2016-05-18 Denied State of Minnesota v. Heather Leann Horst
… stitution requires police officers to provide a suspect with the warnings from Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 479 (1966), before conducting a custodial interrogation. See Dickerson v. United States, 530 U.S. 428, 434-35 (2000). In the …
A13-1769 Minn. 2015-02-04 Denied Myon Demarlo Burrell v. State of Minnesota
… al, we reversed and remanded for a new trial on the grounds that (1) Burrell’s Miranda waiver was ineffective, (2) the admission of expert testimony vouching for a witness’s credibility was error, and (3) the district court erred when it …
A13-2251 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-12-22 Denied State of Minnesota v. Dana James McEachern
… ified the search in light of McEachern’s probation conditions, and McEachern’s Miranda argument has no factual support. FACTS Officer Josef Garcia stopped Dana McEachern’s pick-up truck for …
A12-173, A13-996 Minn. 2014-10-08 Denied State of Minnesota v. Mahdi Hassan Ali
… ed. Later that night, police also arrested Mahdi. After the police read him his Miranda rights, 4 Mahdi denied knowing anything about the murders at the Seward Market. As police slowly confronted him with evidence of his activities with Abd …
No. A13-1959 Minn. 2014-06-11 Denied Kim Thul Ouk v. State
… (Minn.1994). We held that Ouk had made a knowing and intelligent waiver of his Miranda rights, that the evidence was sufficient to sustain his convictions, and that his aggregated sentence did not exaggerate his criminality. Id. at 186 . E …
Nos. A11-1379, A12-0081 Minn. 2013-09-11 Denied State v. Castillo-Alvarez
… fice at the airport, and after Castillo-AIvarez read and signed a waiver of his Miranda rights, the agent and sheriff conducted a custodial interrogation. In keeping with FBI policy and Texas and Iowa law, the officers did not electronicall …
No. A12-0079 Minn. 2013-08-07 Denied State v. Morrow
… w was interviewed by Sergeant Payne and Sergeant Ken Jensen. Morrow was given a Miranda warning and signed a form acknowledging that he understood his rights. Morrow was also asked if he understood his rights, and stated that he did. Morrow …
No. A11-2022 Minn. 2013-04-24 Denied State v. Dao Xiong
… g to the crime, Xiong was arrested, advised of his constitutional rights with a Miranda warning, and interviewed by Special Agent Scott Mueller and Detective Marc Lombardi. Xiong’s statements to Agent Mueller and Detective Lombardi were inc …
No. A12-0895 Minn. Ct. App. 2012-12-03 Denied In re the Welfare of P.C.T.
… rveillance video, police identified respondent as the shooter. In a taped, post-Miranda statement, respondent denied having been in a vehicle on the day of the shootings. The police searched respondent’s bedroom and found a baseball cap mat …
No. A11-0950 Minn. 2012-10-24 Denied State v. Scruggs
… s his statement to police on the basis that it was obtained in violation of his Miranda rights; (2) refusing to instruct the jury that Scruggs’s girlfriend, H.J., was an accomplice as a matter of law; (3) failing to instruct the jury on the …
Nos. A09-0834, A11-2007 Minn. 2012-09-12 Denied State v. Radke
… statement, finding that it was obtained in violation of the rules set forth in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), and Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 , 101 S.Ct. 1880 , 68 L.Ed.2d 378 (1981). At tria …
No. A10-1986 Minn. 2012-07-11 Denied State v. Hohenwald
… osecutor improperly elicited testimony from a deputy that Hohenwald was given a Miranda warning. Second, Hohenwald asserts the prosecutor improperly cross-examined him about statements he made during the Rule 20 examination. “When a defenda …
No. A11-6 Minn. Ct. App. 2012-01-30 Denied State v. Johnson
… erred by allowing the state to present evidence of appellant’s post-arrest, pre-Miranda silence; (4) the district court erred by admitting into evidence photographs of appellant and other arrestees in handcuffs; and (5) the state failed to …
No. A10-507 Minn. 2011-06-01 Denied State v. Ortega
… ut the stabbing or about the knife.” Appellant testified that after hearing the Miranda warning, he understood his rights to have a lawyer present and to remain silent, but felt he had to talk because he thought the agents would continue to …
No. A10-453 Minn. 2011-04-27 Denied State v. Vue
… al interrogation during the March 16, 2006, interview, Vue argued the lack of a Miranda warning required suppression of his statements. At the suppression hearing, Folkens and Tayson testified about the circumstances surrounding the March 1 …
No. A08-2129 Minn. 2011-03-09 Denied State v. Williams
… s also moved to suppress a statement given by Williams at the jail because of a Miranda violation. The district court found no violation of Williams's Miranda rights and denied the motion. That decision is not at issue in this appeal. . The …
No. A10-201 Minn. Ct. App. 2011-02-15 Denied State v. Arnold
… time because I got priors.” At the police station, Arnold heard and waived her Miranda rights, agreeing to discuss the case with Detective Sadler. She told him that she had been using methamphetamine since seventh grade, that she had lived …
No. A09-1141 Minn. 2010-10-14 Denied State v. Anderson
… olice Department for questioning. Prior to the interview, Anderson was read his Miranda rights, and he agreed to talk to the officers. During the interview, Anderson admitted that he used the online service, admitted he was present when Ols …
A09-1819 Minn. Ct. App. 2010-09-28 Denied State v. Austin
… d him with burglary and second-degree criminal sexual conduct. He exercised his Miranda rights and did not provide a statement. Appellant later declined a guilty-plea offer from the state and proceeded to a court trial. Appellant did not no …
A09-1480 Minn. 2010-09-16 Denied State v. SONTOYA
… ne was seized and deposited as evidence in the property room. After waiving his Miranda rights, Sontoya was interviewed about 9:30 that morning and 2:30 that afternoon. He stated that during their sexual activity, he put two fingers inside …
A09-1041 Minn. 2010-08-19 Denied State v. Zabawa
… police investigators advised Zabawa that he was not under arrest and gave him a Miranda warning. Zabawa responded that he understood his rights and agreed to speak with the police investigators. Because one of the police investigators smell …
A08-1036 Minn. 2010-06-30 Denied State v. Chavarria-Cruz
… inst self-incrimination. State v. Risk, 598 N.W.2d 642, 647 (Minn.1999) (citing Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 469 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966)). An officer questioning a suspect must therefore inform the suspect at the outset …
A09-530 Minn. Ct. App. 2010-06-15 Denied State v. Robideau
… mpeach his testimony with an involuntary statement obtained in violation of his Miranda rights and by allowing the detective to offer his opinions about witness credibility. Robideau also argues that the district court erroneously departed …
Nos. A09-1384, A09-1385 Minn. Ct. App. 2010-04-20 Denied State v. Enoch
… stance the officers believed to be methamphetamine.” After being advised of her Miranda, rights and agreeing to speak with officers, Watson admitted that the purse belonged to her and that she uses methamphetamine. The next day, Officer Gel …
A09-1384, A09-1385 Minn. Ct. App. 2010-04-20 Denied State v. Knoch
… stance the officers believed to be methamphetamine." After being advised of her Miranda rights and agreeing to speak with officers, Watson admitted that the purse belonged to her and that she uses methamphetamine. The next day, Officer Gelh …
A09-184 Minn. 2010-03-18 Denied State v. Matthews
… tween about 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. At a second interview, Matthews was given a Miranda warning and confronted with the discrepancies between his story and the police investigation. Eventually, Matthews admitted that when he arrived at his …
A08-1879 Minn. 2010-02-18 Denied State v. Tomassoni
… hief because it was taken in violation of his Fifth Amendment rights *331 under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). The State presented extensive forensic evidence at trial. The medical examiner who per …
A07-2160 Minn. 2010-01-21 Denied State v. McDaniel
… ted States Supreme Court and this court have generally drawn a line between pre-Miranda warning silence and post-Miranda warning silence. Although a prosecutor cannot use a defendant’s post-MircmAx warning silence for impeachment purposes, …
A08-146 Minn. 2009-11-05 Denied State v. Atkinson
… 15 (Minn.1992) (concluding that otherwise inadmissible reference to defendant’s Miranda warning was *596 admissible as foundation for admission of defendant’s statement of guilt). Thus, we hold that because the references to Atkinson’s inca …
A08-1750 Minn. Ct. App. 2009-09-15 Denied State v. Maldonado-Arreaga
… her residence, she was questioned as to her identity. Without being provided a Miranda warning, appellant informed the agents of her name, address, and birth date. She provided other information, including that (1) she is a citizen of Hond …
A08-1036 Minn. Ct. App. 2009-09-08 Denied State v. Chavarria-Cruz
… ore interviewing appellant, who was then in custody, Hanson informed him of his Miranda rights. Approximately 30 minutes into the interview, the following exchange occurred: *886 HANSON: You know where I’m coming from on [the conflicting st …
A08-467 Minn. 2009-05-07 Denied State v. Hall
… urs after the shooting, at 12:56 a.m. on April 30. Moriarty advised Hall of his Miranda rights, including his right to counsel. Moriarty said he wanted to hear Hall’s side of the story regarding what had happened to Moore. Hall said he firs …
A08-0539 Minn. 2009-03-26 Denied State v. Hurd
… that he initially refused to answer the officers’ questions after he received a Miranda warning, but that his *29 probation officer, who was also present, told him it would be in his best interest to answer the questions. On direct examinat …
A07-457 Minn. 2008-07-31 Denied State v. Jones
… a defendant’s silence turned on the government’s inducement of that silence by Miranda warnings or otherwise. But it is unsettled whether a prosecutor may elicit testimony of pre-arrest silence before a defendant testifies at trial. The Su …
A07-1437 Minn. 2008-06-26 Denied State v. Medrano
… interview of Medrano at the Dodge County Sheriffs Office. Trihey gave Medrano a Miranda warning and asked if Medrano was willing to speak with him. Medrano responded with the following statement: “Yes, but I have just one question. So if I …
A06-1394 Minn. Ct. App. 2008-02-19 Denied State v. Morales-Mulato
… Hennepin County Child Protective Services investigator. Knight gave appellant a Miranda advisory through the interpreter. After stating each right, Knight asked appellant if he understood that right. When appellant indicated that he did not …
A06-1765 Minn. 2007-09-13 Denied State v. Clark
… d by counsel. At the start of the interview, Frazer and Doran obtained a signed Miranda waiver form from Clark. Clark wrote his initials next to each of four points on the form, indicating that he understood his Miranda rights. Frazer said …
A06-1283 Minn. 2007-09-13 Denied State v. Wren
… asked both FBI Agent Stover and Detective Wehr whether Wren was advised of his Miranda rights and whether he waived those rights before their respective interviews of Wren in Chicago. We have stated that Miranda questions may be appropriat …
A06-820 Minn. Ct. App. 2007-07-31 Denied State v. Edwards
… , 2245 , 49 L.Ed.2d 91 (1976) (holding that a prosecutor’s use of a post-arrest Miranda warning violated due process). But this line of questioning immediately ended, and the officer also testified that the interview ended when the issue of …