Case ID: or_242/html/0300-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "SLOAN, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Submitted November 16,
    affirmed December 31, 1965
    STATE OF OREGON v. GAGE
    409 P. 2d 332
    No appearance for respondent.
    Thomas Carl Gage, in propria persona.
    Before McAllister, Chief Justice, and Perry, Sloan, Goodwin, Denecke, Holman and Lusk, Justices.
    
      
       Perry, J., did not participate in this decision.
    
   SLOAN, J.

Defendant was convicted of larceny by trick. He appeals. The facts are almost identical to those recited in State v. Thompson, 1965, 240 Or 468, 402 P2d 243.

Defendant obtained an automobile from a dealer in Baker by giving the dealer a bad check. He left the state and was apprehended in Kansas. He was returned to Oregon by the sheriff of Baker county. During the trip, by car, defendant made some admissions to the sheriff. The sheriff was permitted to testify as to the admissions. On this appeal defendant claims he was not advised of his constitutional rights before he made the admissions.

Prior to permitting the sheriff to testify the court conducted an extensive in camera hearing. The uncontradicted evidence was that the sheriff had fully informed defendant as to his right to remain silent and to have an attorney. The court made specific findings to that effect and that the statements were voluntarily made. The evidence sustains the findings. State v. Dayton, decided December 22, 1965, 242 Or 269, 409 P2d 189.

We have examined defendant’s other claims of error and find them to be without merit. The trial was conducted with every respect for defendant’s rights. Judgment affirmed.