STATE v. BRIDGES


530 A.2d 718 (1987)

STATE of Maine v. Edmund R. BRIDGES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Dennis J. Harnish (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Sandra Hylander Collier (orally), Silsby & Silsby, Ellsworth, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.


GLASSMAN, Justice.

The State of Maine appeals from an order of the Superior Court, Washington County, suppressing self-incriminating statements made to a police officer by the defendant Edmund R. Bridges for failure to warn Bridges as prescribed by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). The State contends the trial court erroneously determined Bridges was in custody at the time he made the statements...

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