United States Ninth Circuit

The "clear statement" rule of Davis v. US, 512 U.S. 452, 462 (1994), applies only after the police have already obtained an unambiguous and unequivocal waiver of Miranda rights. Prior to obtaining such a waiver, however, an officer must clarify the meaning of an ambiguous or equivocal response to the Miranda warning before proceeding with general interrogation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2008
• Decided 03/10/2008
• Published 03/10/2008

Judges

• MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:, Before:  WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., DAVID R. THOMPSON, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jason F. Carr, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV, for the defendant-appellant., Timothy S. Vasquez, Assistant United States Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for the plaintiff-appellee.