eBook details
- Title: People v. Gonzalez
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 24, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
Description
In Davis v. United States (1994) 512 U.S. 452 (Davis), the United States Supreme Court held that a defendants invocation of the right to counsel during custodial interrogation, safeguarded by Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436 (Miranda), must be unambiguous and unequivocal to be valid. In the present case, defendant said, before submitting to a polygraph examination during a custodial interrogation, "if for anything you guys are going to charge me I want to talk to a public defender too, for any little thing." The police assured him he could talk to a public defender "anytime you want to," but explained they planned to "book" him that night and would release him the following day if the polygraph examination showed he was telling the truth about his involvement in the murder that police suspected him of having committed. The interrogation continued that evening and the following day. Defendant ultimately confessed to the crime.