State v. Anderson

The state appeals from an order suppressing statements defendant made to the police before his arrest and prosecution for seven felony sex offenses.1 Defendant was 15 years old at the time the crimes were allegedly committed, and he was prosecuted as an adult under ORS 137.700(2)(a). The state argues that the trial court erred in treating defendant’s request to speak to his father in the course of police questioning as an invocation of his privilege against self-incrimination. We reverse and remand.

On March 12, 1999, defendant’s four-year-old stepsister reported that defendant had sexually…