Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/29/2003

Commonwealth v. Jones

Citations

439 Mass. 249
786 N.E.2d 1197
2003 Mass. LEXIS 353

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concluding defendant's statement that he was \going to need a lawyer sometime\ did not constitute an unambiguous request for an attorney
concluding defendant's statement that he was \going to need a lawyer sometime\ did not constitute an unambiguous request for an attorney
“going to need a lawyer sometime” not affirmative request for counsel
no prejudice resulted from improperly admitted evidence where evidence in question supported defendant's theory of case
“[I’m] going to need a lawyer sometime” not invocation of right to counsel
“Although the validity of a defendant’s Miranda waiver and the voluntariness of his statements are separate inquires, we use a totality of the circum stances test for both”

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