STATE v. BUZZELL


617 A.2d 1016 (1992)

STATE of Maine v. Michael BUZZELL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Carpenter, Atty. Gen., Donald W. Macomber (orally), Eric Wright, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for the State.

Matthew B. Nichols (orally), Boulos & Gardner, Biddeford, for defendant.

Craig T. Smith, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, amicus curiae.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and RUDMAN, JJ.


CLIFFORD, Justice.

Defendant Michael Buzzell appeals his convictions of manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (Supp.1991), and robbery, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651(1)(C) (1983), following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.). He contends that admissions he made to the police should have been suppressed because the due process clause of the Maine Constitution requires electronic recording of custodial interrogation. He further...

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