Phillips v. State

The defendant initially contends the confessions should not have been admitted in evidence because he was denied counsel in violation of the Sixth amendment to the United States constitution which is made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth amendment. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), 372 U. S. 335, 342, 83 Sup. Ct. 792, 9 L. Ed. (2d) 799. This contention of the defendant raises an Escobedo type of problem. The defendant claims he asked for counsel during the interrogation after his arrest and the police denied his request and additionally argues if we find he did not request counsel, we…