State of West Virginia v. William Bevel

*348BENJAMIN, Chief Justice:

Consistent with the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625, 106 S.Ct. 1404, 89 L.Ed.2d 631 (1986), this Court has held it to be a violation of a defendant’s right to counsel for the police to initiate interrogation after the defendant has asserted his right to counsel at an arraignment or similar proceeding, even if the police procure a waiver of the right to counsel from the defendant. In 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court issued Montejo v. Louisiana, 556 U.S. 778, 129 S.Ct. 2079, 173 L.Ed.2d 955 (2009), which overruled its decision in…