Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 86 opinions matched; showing 1–50.

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A23-0560 Minn. 2025-07-23 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Nicholas Lee Hill, Respondent
… in her neck and body. Police arrested Hill two days later. Following a Miranda warning, two police investigators asked Hill what happened on the day of the assault. Hill responded, “[F]or some reason my dick got really hard.” He …
a230703 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-05-28 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Cody Logan Fohrenkam
… terview room and was restrained with handcuffs. Investigators gave Fohrenkam a Miranda 1 warning; Fohrenkam confirmed that he understood. Fohrenkam then gave conflicting statements about his whereabouts on February 9. Investigators then …
a230251 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-01-22 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Jhonathan Jontae Robinson
… a green substance that tested positive for marijuana. After advisement of his Miranda 2 rights, Robinson told law enforcement that the firearm and marijuana belonged to him. There was no evidence and no finding by the district court tha …
a221484 Minn. Ct. App. 2023-11-13 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Gary John Bogatz, Jr.
… rrogated Bogatz at the Becker County Jail. One of the officers read Bogatz his Miranda rights, including the right to have an attorney present during questioning. Immediately after the Miranda rights were read the following exchange took …
A17-0647 Minn. Ct. App. 2018-05-29 Reversed and remanded State v. Gundy
… epartment investigator, interviewed Gundy. Investigator Borchers read Gundy his Miranda rights. Gundy stated that he understood his rights and agreed to speak with Investigator Borchers. Gundy admitted that he wrote the note placed on M.K.' …
A14-1792 Minn. 2016-10-19 Reversed State of Minnesota v. David Lee Haywood
… ade to police, holding that the statements were taken in violation of Haywood’s Miranda rights. These matters are not before us. 3 Haywood guilty of unlawfully possessing a firearm and the distr …
A15-1481 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-03-21 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Leona Rose deLottinville
… ug paraphernalia. Respondent and D.R. gave statements that same day, following Miranda warnings. The state charged respondent with three counts related to possession of drugs and paraphernalia: fifth-degree possession of a control …
A14-1866 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-11-23 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Iri Armando Ruiz-Deleon
… [T]he admission of a defendant’s statements to police at trial in violation of Miranda does not require a new trial if the state can show beyond a reasonable doubt that the error was harmless.” State v. Farrah, 735 N.W.2d 336, 343 (Minn. …
A15-751 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-09-08 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Larry Lawayne Hewitt
… ain pre-trial statements on the ground that they were obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602 (1966). Needham, 488 N.W.2d at 295. At the omnibus hearing, the defendant introduced evidence that was intend …
A14-625 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-05-26 Reversed State of Minnesota v. Cole Lyle Kjellberg
… up and made a mistake.” At the sheriff’s office, Kjellberg waived his Miranda rights and agreed to a recorded interview with the investigating officer. The investigating officer described Kjellberg as “very frantic. At times he …
A14-432 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-05-05 Reversed STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Kyle Dean McCLAIN, Appellant
… Around midnight, two investigators began interviewing appellant. He was given a Miranda warning and agreed to speak with the police. Appellant said that he had been in his downstairs room all evening watching television. He claimed that he …
A14-1503 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-04-13 Reversed State of Minnesota v. Ashley Shayia Lee, (A14-1503), State of Minnesota v. Tasheanna Yvon…
… t her in her squad car, and she questioned Lee further without reading her the Miranda rights. Police found another Amber Smith credit card in Moore’s purse, and they arrested Moore. Officer Holtmeier searched the interior of the rental …
A14-368 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-02-02 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Wayne Keith Parmenter
… ice after he was first stopped should be suppressed because he was not given a Miranda warning. But this issue was neither dispositive nor would it have made a contested trial unnecessary: the state had substantial evidence against Parme …
A14-591 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-09-02 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Carmilla J. Thibodeau-Schoeszler
… did not interrogate her until after she was booked into jail and he gave her a Miranda warning before doing so. We therefore reverse the district court’s pretrial suppression order and remand this matter for trial. Reversed and re …
No. A11-1449 Minn. 2013-01-23 Reversed State v. McDonald-Richards
… free to leave. When MeDonald-Richards stated *13 that she had not been read her Miranda rights, Detective Ogren advised her of her Miranda rights. Detective Ogren interviewed McDonald-Richards for approximately 40 minutes. McDonald-Richards …
No. A09-0243 Minn. 2011-09-21 Reversed State v. Borg
… the State’s case in chief regarding Borg’s “pre-eounseled, pre-arrest, and pre-Miranda ” silence. State v. Borg, 780 N.W.2d 8, 16 (Minn.App.2010). The State sought further review. We granted review to determine whether the district court e …
A07-512 Minn. 2008-06-19 Reversed State v. Rambahal
… he same caliber as was found on Rambahal. Rambahal and Holley both waived their Miranda rights. Rambahal told the officer that the pistol did not belong to him and that he did not know who owned the pistol. Holley told the officer that Ramb …
A07-144 Minn. 2008-05-22 Reversed State v. Hughes
… courts; (2) invalid warrantless search of the Hughes home; (3) violation of his Miranda rights; (4) erroneously admitted relationship evidence regarding “controlling” behavior; (5) inflammatory firearms demonstration by Stephanie Eckerman i …
A06-258 Minn. 2007-09-13 Reversed and remanded State v. Farnsworth
… ng with the social worker. At no point in the interview was Farnsworth read his Miranda rights. Following his arrest, Farnsworth was charged with three counts of criminal sexual conduct. 3 After reviewing the videotape and other evidence, F …
A04-1923 Minn. 2006-05-18 Reversed and remanded State v. Harris
… was initially suppressed because it had been obtained in violation of Harris’s Miranda lights. But the district court allowed two very brief portions of the 2-hour-long interview to be played to the jury for the purpose of rebutting Harris …
A03-1891 Minn. 2006-02-09 Reversed State v. Bobadilla
… 41 U.S. at 53 n. 4, 124 S.Ct. 1354 n. 4 . Crawford and his wife were both given Miranda warnings and separately interrogated by police officers after Crawford had stabbed a man who had allegedly raped his wife. Id. at 38 , 124 S.Ct. 1354 . …
A03-634 Minn. 2005-01-20 Reversed State v. Al-Naseer
… admits at trial a criminal defendant’s statement to the police in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), if the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Juarez, 572 N.W.2d 286, …
C6-02-1582 Minn. Ct. App. 2003-04-15 Reversed State v. Miller
… ent. Malz again spoke with respondent at the jail before he gave respondent his Miranda warning and then, after reading respondent his Miranda rights, took respondent’s taped confession. The district court concluded that the decision to use …
C8-02-174 Minn. 2003-03-27 Reversed State v. Staats
… se. After speaking to Staats for fifteen or twenty minutes, Petersen gave him a Miranda warning and took a recorded statement, recapping the information Staats had given her. Toward the end of this recorded statement, Staats’ mother arrived …
C7-97-2322 Minn. 1999-04-15 Reversed State v. Greenleaf
… five hours after he was arrested, the Carlton County officers gave Greenleaf a Miranda warning and began interrogating him. Greenleaf initially denied having had any part in, or any information regarding, Antonich’s murder. Greenleaf then …
C3-97-1636 Minn. 1999-04-15 Reversed State v. Smallwood
… count number on it. The police arrested Smallwood for burglary and gave him his Miranda warnings. 1 Sommers drove Smallwood to the Dakota County jail; on the way, Smallwood talked to Sommers about making a deal. The officer testified about …
C0-97-1657 Minn. 1998-11-05 Reversed State v. Parker
… claims that the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence appellant’s post-Miranda statements to police, arguing that the statements should be characterized as an invocation of appellant’s right to remain silent. Third, appellant claim …
C4-96-2591 Minn. Ct. App. 1997-08-26 Reversed State v. Edrozo
… ts to Easton while seated in the vehicle. Neither Edrozo nor Easton was given a Miranda warning. Edrozo’s car was impounded and on July 29, 1996, he and his mother went to the Stillwater Police Department and then the impound lot to retriev …
CX-96-943 Minn. Ct. App. 1997-03-11 Reversed and remanded State v. Coleman
… Deputy Sheriff John Sieling. At 12:45 a.m. on December 11, appellant waived her Miranda rights and gave a tape-recorded statement. After the interrogation, Sieling informed appellant that Basswood had died and arrested appellant for causing …
C9-94-699 Minn. 1995-12-15 Reversed State v. Hince
… to his father, the Chief of Police of Lake Crystal, on the bases that he had no Miranda warning and that the confession was not voluntary. The trial court ruled that the confession was voluntary and not coerced. The court of appeals reverse …
C8-94-1309 Minn. 1995-08-25 Reversed Matter of Knops
… mitting crimes with children using puppets. Officer Traux informed Knops of his Miranda rights, which he waived, but did not place him under arrest. Knops admits to touching K.B. on several occasions for “sensual pleasure,” but denies penet …
C3-94-598 Minn. 1995-08-04 Reversed State v. Netland
… endant started to cry. About 3 hours after the incident, defendant was read his Miranda rights and questioned at the police station. He said that he had spent the evening drinking and that he did not remember everything that happened. He di …
C7-94-1995 Minn. Ct. App. 1995-02-21 Reversed State v. Lotton
… to leave. Harrell then took respondent into the bedroom and advised him of his Miranda rights. However, Harrell did not obtain any written waiver of respondent’s Miranda rights, nor was their conversation electronically recorded. Later, wh …
C4-90-1430 Minn. 1992-09-25 Reversed State v. White
… nt was again placed in the back of the officer’s squad car. After being given a Miranda warning, he said that his name was Eddie White, that he owned the car, and that the duffle bag in the car was his. In a subsequent search of the car at …
C2-91-2148 Minn. Ct. App. 1992-04-07 Reversed State v. Eggersgluess
… by two inch cardboard matchbox. Buck opened the matchbox and, without giving a Miranda warning, asked respondent what it contained. Respondent replied, “coke.” Respondent was then placed under arrest and later was charged with possession o …
C5-90-1775 Minn. 1991-12-20 Reversed State v. Rosse
… ruling that the trial court had erred in admitting certain statements without a Miranda warning. We affirm the court of appeals. On November 29, 1989, at about 11 p.m., defendant Franchell Rosse, age 22, gave her friend, Sam Massman, a ride …
C2-91-819 Minn. Ct. App. 1991-11-26 Reversed State, City of St. Paul v. Lynch
… stop. Neither Officer Hutchinson nor Officer Drutschmann had given respondent a Miranda warning before this statement was made. The trial court suppressed Lynch’s statement, concluding that Lynch was subjected to a custodial interrogation a …
C2-88-2589 Minn. Ct. App. 1989-09-19 Reversed State v. Wilbur
… d and placed Wilbur under arrest. At the police station Bird gave appellant the Miranda warnings and informed him that A.L.P. said that appellant had touched her “with himself.” Bird testified when appellant was allowed to make a phone call …
C2-88-1894 Minn. 1989-05-26 Reversed State v. Webb
… ing medications under the care of a psychiatrist. They never advised him of his Miranda rights, believing that he was not in custody. They also did not tape record or transcribe the interrogation. According to the police, during the course …
C2-88-597 Minn. 1989-03-10 Reversed State v. Warndahl
… to the Kandi-yohi County Jail to speak with defendant. Roman read defendant his Miranda rights and asked him if he had any questions. Defendant asked a series of procedural questions and then, unprompted by Roman, stated that he was in real …
C9-88-323 Minn. 1988-10-14 Reversed Wold v. State
… on him further, Duluth police detectives Hanson and Lyons read to appellant his Miranda rights. After appellant had acknowledged that he understood those rights, and after he had waived them, the two officers proceeded to question him. Duri …
C2-88-745 Minn. Ct. App. 1988-09-06 Reversed and remanded State v. Favre
… corded result of .15 was measured within two hours of the initial stop. After a Miranda warning at 1:07 a.m., Favre admitted having had six or seven beers from 10:30 p.m. until 12:00 or 12:30 a.m. He admitted to a prior DWI conviction from …
C4-87-1871 Minn. Ct. App. 1988-05-03 Reversed State v. Lyons
… the four officers present at appellant’s home. Officer Holtz testified that no Miranda warning was given to appellant because there was no intention of arresting him. However, Holtz conceded that appellant was not free to leave and would h …
No. CO-87-958 Minn. Ct. App. 1987-12-08 Reversed and remanded Ramon v. State
… d on the front seat was his but admitted the car was his. He was then given his Miranda rights. When the police officer asked him who the marijuana belonged to, he replied: Cherno: I give a ride to somebody, but I don’t see nothing in you [ …
C5-87-1409 Minn. Ct. App. 1987-11-03 Reversed State v. Spencer
… ice, and Spencer agreed. Spencer was not placed under arrest, nor was he read a Miranda warning. On their way to the security office, Wagner and Spencer had a casual conversation. Wagner asked Spencer what was wrong, and he replied, “Someth …
C9-86-1435 Minn. Ct. App. 1987-02-03 Reversed Johnson v. Commissioner of Public Safety
… . For example, an unruly or abusive defendant in custody is still entitled to a Miranda warning before being interrogated. A belligerent and obnoxious defendant is entitled to a court-appointed attorney if he cannot afford his own. Rules of …
C1-86-604 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-09-02 Reversed State v. Johnson
… admission was valid, even though made before Johnson was arrested and given the Miranda warning. The evidence establishes that Murphy’s question was within the scope of a valid investigatory stop and did not amount to a custodial interrogat …
C2-84-1661 Minn. 1986-08-29 Reversed State v. Berndt
… of the fire and because he was the only family survivor. After being given the Miranda warning and after agreeing to talk, Berndt related the events of the previous evening leading up to his discovery of the fire and his escape from the bu …
No. C1-86-277 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-08-26 Reversed State v. Seekon
… ated he didn’t think he was doing any harm. No further questions were asked. No Miranda warning was given. Both Loeberg and Seekon were released approximately fifteen minutes from the time they were originally stopped. Seekon was charged wi …
No. C4-86-659 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-08-12 Reversed In re the Welfare of P.M.P.
… g a window, the admission was excluded by the trial court because an incomplete Miranda warning was given. 1 P.M.P. testified that he broke the window by accident when he slipped and fell on a snowbank. As he attempted to regain his balance …