Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. VIRGIL RAY COLLINS, Appellant
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1969-04-16
Citations: 253 Or. 74
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. VIRGIL RAY COLLINS, Appellant.
Judges: Before McAllister, Presiding Justice, and O’Connell and Denecke, Justices.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 253
Pages: 74–75

Head Matter:
Argued February 7,
affirmed April 16, 1969
STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. VIRGIL RAY COLLINS, Appellant.
453 P2d 169
J. Marvin Kuhn, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.
Ralph T. Aldave, Deputy District Attorney, Eu gene, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John B. Leahy, District Attorney, Eugene.
Before McAllister, Presiding Justice, and O’Connell and Denecke, Justices.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant was caught at about 4:00 a.m. inside a market. At the jail, at about 11:00 a.m., after the officer had informed him of his constitutional rights, the defendant told the officer he broke into the market and was gathering up food and drink for a picnic. These admissions were offered into evidence over defendant's objection. The defendant was found guilty of burglary not in a dwelling.
The defendant contended he was drunk or "hung over" when the officer questioned him and the defendant did not understand or waive his rights. The trial court stated: "It's the finding of the Court that the requirements of the Escobedo case and the Neely case and the Miranda case have been satisfied."
We have held that whether or not an accused understood the warnings is a matter of historical fact and if there is any evidence to support the trial court's finding that the accused did understand, the finding will stand. State v. Breen, 250 Or 474, 443 P2d 624 (1968). There was evidence to support the trial court's finding.
We have also held that the accused's answering the officer's questions after the officer had advised him of his rights is evidence of waiver. State v. Wright, 251 Or 121, 444 P2d 912 (1968); State v. Matt, 251 Or 134, 444 P2d 914 (1968).
Affirmed.