Confessions

Name: Garcia v. Long
Case #: 13-57071
Opinion Date: 12/21/2015
  • Categories: Confessions, Interrogations & Confessions, Miranda v. Arizona

Summary

Defendant who answered "no" after receiving Miranda warnings and after being asked if he wanted to talk to a detective unambiguously and unequivocally invoked his right to remain silent and was entitled to federal habeas relief. After Garcia's step-granddaughter reported…

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Name: People v. Bridgeford
Case #: F068226
Opinion Date: 10/27/2015
  • Categories: Confessions, Const./Statutory Reqmts, Interrogations & Confessions, Miranda v. Arizona, Right to Counsel

Summary

Trial court should have granted defendant's motion to suppress his confession because police did not wait 14 days to reinterrogate him after he invoked his right to counsel. Police detained and questioned Bridgeford because they suspected he was involved in…

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Name: Reyes v. Lewis
Case #: 12-56650
Opinion Date: 08/14/2015
  • Categories: Areas Constitutional Law, Confessions, Due Process, Extraordinary Remedies, Habeas Corpus (Federal), Interrogations & Confessions, Miranda v. Arizona

Summary

California Court of Appeal's affirmance of trial court's decision to not suppress statement obtained in violation of Missouri v. Seibert (2004) 542 U.S. 600 was contrary to clearly established federal law. Reyes was convicted of the first degree murder of…

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Name: People v. Joseph H.
Case #: E059942
Opinion Date: 06/08/2015
  • Categories: Areas Constitutional Law, Confessions, Confessions, Delinquency (602), Disposition Phase, Interrogations & Confessions, Miranda v. Arizona, Right Against Self-incrim

Summary

It was harmless error for police to ask minor, who was under 14 years old, questions that were designed to establish that he appreciated the wrongfulness of his conduct (Gladys R. questionnaire) without first giving Miranda warnings. When he was…

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Name: People v. Shamblin
Case #: E059714
Opinion Date: 04/21/2015
  • Categories: Confessions, Crimes, Elements of Crimes, Interrogations & Confessions

Summary

There was sufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation where defendant strangled his victim during the course of a sexual assault. Shamblin was convicted of first degree murder for killing a 67-year-old woman during a sexual assault. On appeal, he argued…

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Name: In re Art T.
Case #: B251083
Opinion Date: 02/11/2015
  • Categories: Confessions, Confessions, Delinquency (602), Interrogations & Confessions, Miranda v. Arizona

Summary

Thirteen-year-old's statement during custodial interrogation—"Could I have an attorney?"—is an unambiguous invocation of his right to counsel. During a murder investigation, detectives questioned Art T., who was 13 years old at the time. After being read his Miranda rights, Art…

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Name: Sessoms v. Grounds
Case #: 08-17790
Opinion Date: 09/22/2014
  • Categories: Confessions, Extraordinary Remedies, Habeas Corpus (Federal), Interrogations & Confessions, Miranda v. Arizona

Summary

California appellate court unreasonably applied clearly established federal law when it held suspect's request for counsel was ambiguous. Nineteen-year-old Sessoms, who was relatively naive and uneducated, surrendered to police based on his father's advice when he heard there was a…

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Name: People v. Davidson
Case #: B244607
Opinion Date: 11/26/2013
  • Categories: Admitting/Excluding, Areas Constitutional Law, Confessions, Evidence, Interrogations & Confessions, Miranda v. Arizona, Prior Convictions/Impeach, Right Against Self-incrim, Similars/Character/Conduct

Summary

During an investigatory stop, police officer was not required to give defendant Miranda warnings before asking him whether a stolen motorcycle in his possession belonged to him. Defendant appealed his conviction for unlawfully taking a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851,…

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Name: U.S. v. Morgan
Case #: 12-10056
Opinion Date: 06/03/2013
  • Categories: Areas Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Confessions, Interrogations & Confessions, Miranda v. Arizona, Right Against Self-incrim

Summary

Border patrol officer who reread Miranda rights to defendant who had already invoked her right to counsel did not impermissibly reinstitute interrogation. Morgan pled guilty to federal drug offenses after her motion to suppress her statements to police was denied.…

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