People v. Peevy

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

In order to protect the exercise of the privilege against self-incrimination, the United States Supreme Court has declared that persons subject to custodial interrogation must be informed of certain rights, including the right to counsel, and that once such a person invokes the right to counsel, the police must cease interrogation until counsel is provided or *1188the suspect initiates further contact and makes it clear that he or she wishes to proceed without counsel. (Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436, 474 [86 S.Ct. 1602, 1628, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, 10 A.L.R.3d 974] (Miranda);…