Perdomo

Appellant Gerson Eliu Perdomo was involved in a single-car accident which resulted in the death of one of his passengers and very serious injuries to himself and to another passenger. A jury convicted appellant of felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, of driving while under the influence of alcohol resulting in bodily injury to a person other than the driver, and of driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent or greater resulting in bodily injury to a person other than the driver. He claims it was error of constitutional dimension to admit statements he made to officers who interrogated him in the intensive care unit of the hospital while he was recovering from surgery and heavily sedated with narcotic pain medications. He claims his statements were involuntary, not the product of his free will, and thus their admission violated his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to a fair trial. We find no error. Accordingly, we affirm.

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