How have the courts dealt with the issue of time lapse before requesting counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. White, 275 Cal.App.2d 877, 80 Cal.Rptr. 461 (Cal. App. 1969):
2 In People v. Hamilton, 268 Cal.App.2d 393, 74 Cal.Rptr. 29, the problem was not one of time lapse before requested counsel could be present. The officers, after defendant stated he wanted an attorney, in effect, continued to urge him to talk by calling to his attention that he (the defendant) had come there to clear another party and to admit some burglaries.
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