Legal Opinion
State v. Culbreath
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 18, 2021No. SC20276PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
December 14, 2021 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL Page 55
340 Conn. 167
DECEMBER, 2021 167 State v. Culbreath STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JESSE CULBREATH (SC 20276) McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js. Syllabus In State v. Purcell ( 331 Conn. 318), this court determined, as a matter of state constitutional law, that, if a suspect makes an equivocal statement that arguably could be construed as a request for counsel, interrogation must cease except for narrow questions designed to clarify the equivocal statement and the suspect’s desire for counsel, or, alternatively, the officers…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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