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State v. Smith

Citations

  • 791 P.2d 836
  • 310 Or. 1
  • 1990 Ore. LEXIS 142

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  • concluding that circumstances were not compelling, in part, because detective met with defendant in noncustodial facility “in surroundings relatively familiar to defendant”
  • concluding that prosecutors’s comments, during closing argument of capital sentencing proceeding, regarding victim’s last thoughts and feelings were “more gratuitous than inflammatory”
  • holding that the fact that the defendant was a focal suspect did not “inherently create” a compelling setting for questioning
  • concluding that circumstances were not compelling, in .part, because detective met with defendant in noncustodial facility fin surroundings relatively familiar to defendant’
  • holding that under the Fifth Amendment, Miranda warnings must be given when a person is in custody, i.e., when a person’s freedom has been significantly restrained
  • holding that compelling circumstances did not exist where source of the defendant’s inability to leave treatment facility was not police conduct but, rather, because leaving might violate the defendant’s probation

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Judges: Peterson, Linde, Carson, Jones, Gillette, Van Hoomissen Fadeley, Fadeley

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