State v. Machain

Defendant appeals her murder conviction, ORS 163.115, assigning error to the denial of her motion to suppress statements she made during an interview with police officers. Although she was provided with Miranda warnings at the beginning of the interview, she contends that her waiver of her rights to remain silent and to have the assistance of counsel was not knowing and intelligent.

The trial court did not decide whether defendant’s waiver was valid. Instead, it concluded that defendant was not in the sort of compelling circumstances that require Miranda warnings when she made the statements…