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State v. Saunders

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345 Or. 416 · Oregon Supreme Court · Nov 5, 2008
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State v. Saunders
Court of Appeals of Oregon · Jul 1, 2009
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concluding that confronting the defendant with incriminating evidence, without using the evidence coercively, did not create compelling circumstances
circumstances not compelling where the police interviewed the defendant in his own home and confronted him with incriminating evidence in a noncoercive manner
where the defendant’s statements were not made under compelling circumstances, any error in admitting that evidence was harmless in light of the defendant’s own trial testimony
defense counsel's statement that he could not "think of a better way" to instruct the jury invited any error pertaining to the trial court's subsequent jury instruction
circumstances not compelling when confronting the defendant with incriminating evidence in noncoercive manner
one and one-half hour interview in defendant's home did not constitute compelling circumstances