State v. Soen

The state appeals from a pretrial order suppressing certain statements made by defendant. Defendant was charged by information with three counts of initiating a false police report. ORS 162.375. The issue in this case is whether defendant was in “compelling” circumstances such that Miranda-like warnings were necessary when she made statements to the police. We reverse and remand.

In May, 1992, Portland police began investigating reports by defendant and her roommate, Azalea Cooley, that they had been the victims of alleged bias crimes, including several cross-burnings at defendant’s house.…