Oregon v. Nicholson

Defendant appeals from a conviction of manslaughter. ORS 163.125. In his only assignment of error defendant argues that the trial court erred in failing to suppress certain incriminating statements made by defendant during a custodial interrogation.

The central issue presented for our review is whether defendant made a request for the presence of counsel at the conclusion of his Miranda① warnings.

The statements in issue were made to Detectives Tercek and Blodgett of the Portland police department on December 13, 1973, in the course of an investigation into the strangulation death of Edward…