State v. Field

218 P.3d 551, 231 Or. App. 115, 2009 Ore. App. LEXIS 1508
CourtCourt of Appeals of Oregon
DecidedSeptember 30, 2009
DocketCM0520645, A134181
StatusPublished
Cited by7 cases

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Bluebook
State v. Field, 218 P.3d 551, 231 Or. App. 115, 2009 Ore. App. LEXIS 1508 (Or. Ct. App. 2009).

Opinion

*117 EDMONDS, P. J.

Defendant appeals convictions for murder, ORS 163.115, assault, ORS 163.175, criminal mistreatment, ORS 163.205, and manufacture of a controlled substance, former ORS 475.999 (2003), renumbered as ORS 475.904 (2005), all relating to the murder of his girlfriend’s three-year-old child. He raises three assignments of error on appeal. In his first assignment of error, defendant argues that the trial court erred in admitting statements he made to police while he was in custody and after he allegedly had asserted his right to counsel. He also argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied his motion for a mistrial and that the court improperly imposed consecutive sentences without underlying jury findings to support those sentences. We affirm and write only to discuss defendant’s assertion that the trial court improperly denied his motion to suppress; we reject his other assignments of error without discussion.

In reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, we are bound by the trial court’s findings of historical fact when there is constitutionally sufficient evidence in the record to support them. State v. Caprar, 214 Or App 434, 439, 166 P3d 567 (2007), rev den, 345 Or 317 (2008). “If findings are not made on all [historical] facts, and there is evidence from which such facts could be decided more than one way, we will presume that the facts were decided in a manner consistent with the [trial court’s] ultimate conclusion^]” Ball v. Gladden, 250 Or 485, 487, 443 P2d 621 (1968). We then assess whether those facts are sufficient to meet constitutional standards. State v. Holcomb, 213 Or App 168, 173, 159 P3d 1271, rev den, 343 Or 224 (2007). Here, the trial court made the following detailed findings regarding defendant’s conversations with police officers and his assertion of his right to counsel:

“On the afternoon of June 3, 2005[,] officers began a homicide investigation involving the death of [the minor child]. The defendant, Shawn Field, was interviewed by law enforcement personnel at the scene and asked to remain at the scene. Later in the afternoon Corvallis police Detective Jason Harvey asked the defendant to go with police officers to the law enforcement center for additional interviews. *118 Although he was not under arrest at the time, at approximately 3:30 in the afternoon Detective Harvey advised the defendant of his Miranda [1] warnings, and the defendant acknowledged that he understood his rights and indicated that he had no questions about his rights. He voluntarily spoke with Detective Harvey. At one point during the interview the defendant told the detective that, quote, ‘This is something where I need to get a lawyer. I don’t know what to do now,’ unquote. Now, when the detective followed up with the fact that defendant had mentioned a lawyer[,] the defendant told Detective Harvey that he didn’t want to get a lawyer and wanted to talk with Detective Harvey adding, quote, ‘I’ll talk to you right now,’ end quote. At approximately 4:00 p.m. the defendant told Detective Harvey ‘I’m just wondering if I need — I mean, am I supposed to get an attorney to consult anything? What am I supposed to do?’ Detective Harvey told the defendant he couldn’t give him legal advice, and that if he wanted an attorney he had the right to contact one. The defendant responded, quote * * * T don’t want to not — I didn’t do it so I don’t want to fight it.’ Lieutenant Hendrickson then asked the defendant if he could ask a couple of questions. The defendant answered ‘Sure’ and voluntarily continued to answer questions until approximately 7:00 p.m. The defendant then went to another interview room and lied down on the couch. At approximately 9:00 p.m. the defendant said he wanted to leave, and Detective Harvey asked Officer Hurley to take the defendant wherever he wanted to go. While en route the district attorney told detectives to bring the defendant back and to arrest him for manufacturing a controlled substance. When the defendant arrived back at the Law Enforcement Center he was arrested and taken into custody, was not re-advised of his Miranda rights, and voluntarily answered additional questions.
“On Sunday morning, June 5, 2005[,] the defendant called friends and asked them to have his parents contact attorney Steve Ensor. At approximately 3:00 p.m. Detective Karin Stauder visited the defendant in the jail. Her initial purpose was to see if the defendant could tell her someone to call to take care of his cat. She engaged the defendant in conversation about a request form that he had submitted to corrections staff regarding speaking with a mental health representative. She did not advise the defendant of his *119 ■Miranda warnings. Detective Stauder asked the defendant if he wanted to talk to a counselor or a police officer. The defendant stated that he just wanted to talk to someone, have a conversation. Detective Stauder reminded the defendant that he had previously told detectives that he didn’t want to talk to anybody and wanted an attorney. That was her recollection, although there was not evidence that in fact the defendant had done that. It was presented at the pretrial hearing. The defendant told Detective Stauder that after he was arrested he said he guessed he should have an attorney and a phone call, and specifically he said, “Well, we walked over from here and he was arresting me and I said — I said, T guess I should have an attorney now and a phone call,[’] and then I just — I thought since I was being arrested that I should be — I mean, I thought that would be the smart thing, because before I was arrested I was — I mean, I told them everything they asked me. I answered every question.’ and it goes on. And then Detective Stauder asked the defendant, ‘Well, do you want to talk to me? If you do — because I kind of want to go through the part that you — you know, you have a right not to talk to me, you have a right to have an attorney. You’re already in what we call is you’re invoked, which means that you don’t want to talk to us, and once you do that I can’t talk to you, but if you want to waive that right and you want to talk to me I’ll be glad to listen, Shawn, but I just want to make sure that you’re protecting yourself here,’ and the defendant’s response was ‘Oh, I’ll talk to you. I mean — I mean, I have the right to s[ay] no or end the conversation,’ and the defendant continued to voluntarily make statements and answers to Detective Stauder’s questions.
“At approximately 4:30 attorney Steve Ensor contacted the jail and said that he was coming over to see the defendant.

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