State v. Bivens

Defendant was convicted of intentional murder with a firearm and burglary in the first degree with a firearm after he killed his estranged wife, ORS 163.115; ORS 164.225; ORS 161.610. Defendant claimed that he acted in self-defense after she stabbed him.

Defendant assigns error to the admission of statements that he made to a detective in a hospital room. He contends that “[t]he type of warnings contemplated by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 US 436, 86 S Ct 1602, 16 L Ed 2d 694 (1966),” were required because the circumstances were “compelling,” and he was in “full custody.” He argues that the…