In re H.V.

Chief Justice JEFFERSON,

joined by Justice WAINWRIGHT and Justice GREEN, and joined by Justice HECHT as to parts I, III, and V, concurring and dissenting.

We cannot construe H.V.’s statement that he “wanted his mother to ask for an attorney” without first addressing the considerable body of precedent on this subject. If we were writing on a clean slate, I would agree that the statement invokes his right to counsel. But the Supreme Court has held that anything short of an unambiguous request will not suffice. Davis v. United States, 512 U.S. 452, 459, 114 S.Ct. 2350, 129 L.Ed.2d 362 (1994)(“[A]…