NY considers emergency exemption to Miranda rights
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN, Associated Press
New York's highest court will consider whether to overturn a murder conviction because deputies did not read Miranda rights to a suspect who had wet blood on his clothes and a lug wrench in his hand.
A lower court split 3-2 in upholding the incriminating statements that Scott Doll made without an attorney present in the February 2009 beating death of friend and business partner Joseph Benaquist. Doll initially claimed he had been butchering a deer.
Genesee County deputies contended that the emergency exception to Miranda rights applied because deputies had "specific information" that someone lost a lot of blood and was in need of medical attention. Doll's attorneys argued that the deputies had no knowledge of any victim needing help, so the exception didn't apply.
Doll, now 51, is serving 15 years to life in prison.
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