Supreme Court of California

Defendant's conviction for murder is affirmed where his right to counsel during custodial interrogation was not violated since his statement to police was ambiguous and equivocal, and, consequently, the police were not required to ask clarifying questions to determine his intent.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2005
• Published 01/24/2005

Judges

• MORENO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sylvia Whatley Beckham, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Taryle, Donald E. De Nicola, Linda C. Johnson and James William Bilderback II, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.