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McPherson v. State

Citations

  • 562 S.W.2d 210
  • 1977 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 251

How courts have described this case

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  • finding waiver of right to counsel even where defense counsel had instructed authorities to take no statements from his client without his presence, where statement taken in presence of neutral third party corroborated the waiver
  • defendant made a valid waiver of Sixth Amendment right to counsel even though his attorney admonished police not to question defendant

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Judges: Daughtrey, Russell, Hardin

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