State v. Saldierna

Justice BEASLEY dissenting.

**426In Saldierna I , I dissented because defendant's statement, "Um, [c]an I call my mom?", was an unambiguous invocation of his right to have a parent present during questioning. See State v. Saldierna (Saldierna I ), 369 N.C. 401, 409, 794 S.E.2d 474, 479 (2016) (Beasley, J., dissenting). Upon this unambiguous invocation, law enforcement should have immediately ceased questioning and not resumed until defendant's mother was present or he reinitiated the conversation. See id. at 412, 794 S.E.2d at 481 (citing Edwards v. Arizona , 451 U.S. 477, 484-85, 101 S.Ct.…