Opinion ID: 1542598
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Statements at the Hospital

Text: [¶ 14] Dumas contends that after Detective Peary initially identified himself at the hospital and he told Peary that he wanted a lawyer, all subsequent answers he gave in response to police questions must be suppressed, including the interviews at his home that evening and the next day. The court concluded that Dumas was not in custody when he was briefly questioned at the hospital, and therefore Miranda warnings were not required. See State v. Poblete, 2010 ME 37, ¶ 21, 993 A.2d 1104, 1109 (stating that a defendant's pre- Miranda statements are admissible if he was not in custody). Again, any error in declining to suppress the hospital statements is not cognizable on appeal because the State did not seek to admit them at trial. See Sordyl, 1997 ME 87, ¶ 4, 692 A.2d at 1387.