(DOWNLOAD) "State v. Baston" by Supreme Court of Kansas * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Baston
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 06, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by In this criminal case the trial court suppressed the defendant's statements made to officers during interrogation based upon promises made to the defendant in exchange for his statements. Upon interlocutory appeal by the State, the Court of Appeals upheld the suppression and denied the State's appeal in an unpublished decision filed April 26, 1996. We granted the State's petition for review. Because there is substantial competent evidence supporting the trial court's suppression, we affirm. Three men attacked the victim, Gary McCoy, at his rural trailer home. According to McCoy, the men first restrained and beat him, ransacked his home in search of money and drugs, and forced him to walk to his barn, where they stole two sacks of marijuana. The defendant, Russell D. Baston, was charged with aggravated kidnapping, K.S.A. 21-3421, aggravated robbery, K.S.A. 21-3427, and aggravated battery, K.S.A. 21-3414(a)(1)(A). McCoy was unable to fully identify the three men. He testified at the preliminary hearing that he was 70% sure that the defendant was one of the attackers. Detective Robert VanHoesen testified to the content of his interview with the defendant, which amounted to a confession of the defendant's involvement. The defendant was bound over for trial.