David Diaz v. Daniel Senkowski, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility

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• holding that defendant’s statements were voluntary where he was interrogated for four hours and there was no evidence that he was denied food, bathroom access, or sleep and he was not beaten, otherwise abused, or handcuffed
• “I think I want a lawyer” and “Do you think I need a lawyer?” are not clear invocations of the right to counsel
• “Do you think I need a lawyer” not a “clear statement” of intent to invoke counsel
• such circumstances indicate that confession was voluntarily given

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).