State v. Reeves

| iTHIBODEAUX, Judge,

dissenting.

I dissent from the majority’s affirmance of the trial court’s refusal to suppress the defendant’s confession and inculpatory statements.

Under the bright line rule established in Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, 484-485, 101 S.Ct. 1880, 1884-1885, 68 L.Ed.2d 378 (1981), a suspect who has “expressed his desire to deal with the police only through counsel, ... [cannot be] subjected] to further interrogation by the authorities until counsel has been made available to him” unless he himself reinitiates contact with the police. State v. Tart, 93-0772 (La.2/9/96);…