STATE v. FIELDS

CA 18189; SC 27608.

635 P.2d 376 (1981)

291 Or. 872

STATE of Oregon, Petitioner, v. Steven J. FIELDS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided November 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest E. Estes, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender.

Richard David Wasserman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were David Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., John R. McCulloch, Jr., Sol. Gen., and William F. Gary, Deputy Sol. Gen.


CAMPBELL, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether a confession was obtained during custodial interrogation so as to be inadmissible in the absence of Miranda warnings. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Specifically, the case involves questioning of a probationer in a probation office on the request of police after he was advised that he was not under arrest or obligation to respond...

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