Supreme Court· 6/24/1994

Davis v. United States

Citations

512 U.S. 452
114 S. Ct. 2350
129 L. Ed. 2d 362
1994 U.S. LEXIS 4827

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

recognizing that Miranda rights require the special protection of the knowing and intelligent waiver standard
noting that a “statement [that] fails to meet the requisite level of clarity ... does not require that the officers stop questioning the suspect”
determining that defendant’s statement “Maybe I should talk to a lawyer” was not a request for counsel
stating that Miranda “ ‘requires] the special protection of the knowing and intelligent waiver standard.’ ”
noting that such clarification helps 6 protect the rights of the suspect by ensuring that he gets an attorney ifhe wants one
holding that, as a general rule, to determine whether an individual has invoked his right to counsel, the court must conduct an objective inquiry into whether a reasonable officer under the circumstances would understand the defendant’s statement to be a request for an attorney

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Judges: O'Connor, Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Souter, Blackmun, Stevens, Ginsburg

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Cites

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