State v. Hoff

PREWITT, Judge.

Following jury trial, Defendant was convicted of burglary and rape. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of fifteen years and life. Defendant appeals, presenting four points relied on.

Defendant asserts through his first point that the trial court erred in failing to suppress statements he made to law enforcement officers. He claims violations of his constitutional rights because the officers “continued to question Appellant after Appellant invoked his right to counsel.”

The Fifth Amendment’s privilege against self-incrimination and the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel both…