Does a suspect have the right to remain silent?

Although a suspect may selectively invoke the right to silence, see Hurd v. Terhune, 619 F.3d 1080, 1085 (9th Cir. 2010), and may even limit the manner of interrogation, see Arnold v. Runnels, 421 F3d. 859, 866 (9th Cir. 2005), invocation may only be premised upon a statement objectively determined to be unambiguous in its import that questioning cease. It cannot, and should not, be a dodge, equivocal, a mere denial of further information.

In sum, the court concludes that Meza did not invoke the right to remain silent.