Chad Doerman could face the death penalty if convicted
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Father accused of killing 3 sons wants statements after arrest thrown out
The defense team for a Greater Cincinnati father charged with murdering his three young sons at their home last summer wants the court to throw out all statements he made following his arrest during his “entire interrogation because the Detectives violated Mr. Doerman’s constitutional rights from the outset,” a new court filing shows.
The motion to suppress covers Chad Doerman’s statements to investigators and healthcare workers once the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office took him into custody back on June 15.
Clermont County prosecutors have yet to file court records in response.
The judge has set a hearing on the motion to suppress for next month, on Feb. 2.
A Clermont County father accused of murdering his three young sons said deputies violated his constitutional rights after his arrest.
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Defense: Clermont County father accused of murdering 3 sons had rights violated after arrest
A Clermont County father accused of murdering his three young sons said deputies violated his constitutional rights after his arrest.
Chad Doerman's attorneys are fighting to get their client's statements thrown out at trial and filed an 18-page motion to suppress some of Doerman's statements to deputies and health care professionals.
In their motion to suppress, they claim Doerman "invoked his right to counsel at least twice" during his interrogation, which lasted more than three hours. They wrote, "Detectives ignored Mr. Doerman's request and continued to question him as if he didn't ask for an attorney."
While being interviewed, Doerman's defense attorneys said he "appeared confused and distraught. He was in obvious distress and clearly, not right mentally."
After being booked into the Clermont County jail, Doerman's attorneys claim his right to privacy was violated.
When seen by health care workers, the defense says deputies "actively made themselves present" in Doerman's jail cell for "privileged communications and recorded them."
The following day, Doerman was arraigned in Clermont County Municipal Court.
Defense attorneys said his interactions that morning with a public defender "were not conducted in private" but in the presence of "five or six deputies and video recorded by the body-worn camera on one of the deputies" who turned the audio off.
The defense wrote, "Officers have continued to video-record Mr. Doerman throughout his incarceration. Some of these interactions have elicited statements from Mr. Doerman that may be incriminating."