Legal Opinion
Samantha Bachynski v. Anthony Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 23, 2015No. 15-1442PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
When Michigan police officers arrested Samantha Bachynski on suspicion of murder, she invoked her right to remain silent and asked for an attorney. During later interactions between the officers and Ba-chynski, she changed her mind, eventually pointing to a detective and saying: “I want to talk to you.” She then waived her Miranda rights three times and confessed three times to a slew of crimes, including murder. A jury convicted her, and the state courts upheld the conviction over her Fifth (and Fourteenth) Amendment challenge to her confession. A federal…
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