State v. Huddleston

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

This case presents two issues for our determination: 1) whether the defendant’s constitutional right to counsel was violated by police questioning that occurred three days after the defendant refused to sign a “waiver of rights” form; and 2) whether the violation of defendant’s rights under either Tenn. R.Crim.P. 5(a) or the Fourth Amendment requires suppression of his confession given after he had been detained for more than seventy-two hours, before the State sought a judicial determination of probable cause following a warrantless arrest.

Because we conclude that…