Case Name: STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. John M. VANGSTAD, Respondent
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1979-11-16
Citations: 289 N.W.2d 468
Docket Number: No. 50541
Parties: STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. John M. VANGSTAD, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 289
Pages: 468–468

Head Matter:
STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. John M. VANGSTAD, Respondent.
No. 50541.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Nov. 16, 1979.
Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Fabel, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gary Hansen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas J. Reif, County Atty., Alexandria, for appellant.
C. Paul Jones, Public Defender and Susan Maki, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Opinion:
SHERAN, Chief Justice.
This is a pretrial appeal by the state pursuant to R. 29.03, subd. 1, R.Crim.P., from an order of the district court granting a motion by defendant to suppress two statements made by defendant. The district court ruled that the state had failed to meet its burden of proving the first statement was voluntary or the second statement free from the taint of the earlier statement. North Carolina v. Butler, 441 U.S. 369, 99 S.Ct. 1755, 60 L.Ed.2d 286 , (1979); Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 95 S.Ct. 2254, 45 L.Ed.2d 416 (1975); State v. Sickels, 275 N.W.2d 809 (Minn.1979); State v. Linder, 268 N.W.2d 734 (Minn.1978). Holding that the state on appeal has not met its burden of demonstrating error, we affirm. State v. Weber, 262 N.W.2d 157 (Minn.1977).
Affirmed.