People v. Bonnie H.

Opinion

HUFFMAN, J.

In this bizarre murder case resembling an episode out of The Streets of San Francisco, we hold there is no public policy reason a good faith break in a minor’s custody should not dissipate the prophylactic rule of Edwards v. Arizona (1981) 451 U.S. 477 [101 S.Ct. 1880, 68 L.Ed.2d 378], as expanded by Arizona v. Roberson (1988) 486 U.S. 675 [108 S.Ct. 2093, 100 L.Ed.2d 704] and Minnick v. Mississippi (1990) 498 U.S. 146 [111 S.Ct. 486, 112 L.Ed.2d 489], that once a suspect asserts his or her Fifth Amendment right to counsel during custodial interrogation, the current…