Is a defendant entitled to suppress his statements to police?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Thomas, A142916 (Cal. App. 2016):
Defendant contends his statements to police should have been suppressed because the detectives failed to stop questioning him after he made an unequivocal request for an attorney. (Edwards v. Arizona (1981) 451 U.S. 477, 484-485.) He also contends various police tactics, combined with his own mental deficits, rendered his statements involuntary.
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