Opinion ID: 1542598
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Second In-Home Interview

Text: [¶ 17] Although the second interview, conducted the following day, also took place at Dumas's home under circumstances much like the first, the trial court found that he was in custody because he knew that he would soon be arrested and therefore knew that he was not free to leave. As with the first interview, however, the court found that Dumas's answers to police questions were preceded by effective Miranda warnings and a waiver of his Fifth Amendment rights. That finding is well supported by the record, as the interview began with Peary reading each paragraph of the Miranda warnings one at a time, followed by Dumas explaining his understanding of what each meant. After the warnings were finished, Dumas said that he wanted to answer Peary's questions, which he did without any evident hesitation. Accordingly, there was no error in declining to suppress Dumas's statements made during this interview. See State v. Dominique, 2008 ME 180, ¶ 9, 960 A.2d 1160, 1162-63 (stating that a person subject to custodial interrogation must be advised of the rights referred to in the Miranda warnings for his statements to be admissible at trial).