State v. Torres

FRYE, Justice.

While in police custody awaiting questioning about the shooting death of her twenty-nine-year-old husband, defendant asked sheriff officials whether she needed an attorney. She was told she did not. A short time later, defendant was read her Miranda rights and agreed to make a statement. The statement, in which defendant confessed to shooting her husband, was introduced at trial over defendant’s objection. Defendant now petitions this Court for a new trial, arguing that the trial court erred by admitting the statement.

The issue presented is whether defendant invoked her right…