Commonwealth v. Richards

Lu, John T., J.

INTRODUCTION

The defendant, Kenneth Scott Richards (Richards), moves to suppress statements that he made in the presence of, or to, police, including a statement to medical personnel at the Anna Jacques Hospital Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.), and two tape-recorded statements he made directly to police, all on June 23, 2006. Richards claims that the statements were elicited in violation of Miranda, and were involuntary. The court conducted an evidentiary hearing on May 1, 2007, at which Massachusetts state police Trooper Robert LaBarge (LaBarge), nurses Donna Doherty-Foumier…