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C3-01-699, State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Douglas Arthur Conger, petitioner, Appellant.

Case Date: 09/26/2002
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: C3-01-699

STATE OF MINNESOTA

 

IN SUPREME COURT

 

C3-01-699

 

Court of Appeals

Meyer, J.

 

State of Minnesota,

 

Respondent,

 

vs.

Filed: November 7, 2002
Office of Appellate Courts

Douglas Arthur Conger, petitioner,

 

Appellant.

 

S Y L L A B U S

 

            Appellant requests an expansion of State v. Scales, 518 N.W.2d 587 (Minn. 1994), in which this court mandated that police record all custodial interrogations or risk suppression of the evidence obtained.  While many of the benefits of recording custodial interrogations would accrue to noncustodial interrogations, the interests of justice do not require an expansion of Scales at this time.

            Affirmed.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

O P I N I O N

MEYER, Justice.

Douglas A. Conger was convicted of two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree stemming from allegations that he inappropriately touched his daughter, A.C.  At Conger