Brown v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The primary contention of John Thomas Brown, Sr., which must be resolved in this case is his claim that a request for counsel which he made during an investigative interview conducted by law enforcement officers, who made no arrest, and following which Brown was free to leave, served to initiate his right to counsel as provided in the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 1 which is applicable to the several states by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Additional issues relating to a violation of Brown’s rights under…