Is a defendant entitled to a cessation of questioning if he asks for a lawyer to speak for him?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lamb, F068633 (Cal. App. 2016):
In People v. Cunningham, supra, 61 Cal.4th 609, the defendant admitted he committed a robbery and said, " 'Should I have somebody here talking for me, is this the way it's supposed to be?' " The court held his "vague question did not qualify as an unequivocal invocation of the right to counsel requiring the cessation of questioning."
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