State v. Potter

In these cases, which were consolidated for trial and appeal, defendant was convicted of numerous counts of identity theft. ORS 165.800. In Case Number 080331177 (“the APF case”), defendant was found guilty of one count of identity theft; in Case Number 080431933 (“the BTS case”), defendant was found guilty of six counts of identity theft. On appeal, he argues that the trial court should have suppressed evidence of certain statements he made because they were the result of police interrogation conducted in violation of his right to counsel under Article I, section 11, of the Oregon…