State v. Ford

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for two counts of third-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.415, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress incriminating statements that he made after he was stopped and questioned by police. He argues that his statements were procured under compelling circumstances in the absence of Miranda warnings, in violation of Article I, section 12, of the Oregon Constitution. We conclude that defendant’s incriminating statements were made under compelling circumstances and that the trial court, therefore, should have granted defendant’s…