State v. Harris

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 2939

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in finding that appellant failed to clearly and unambiguously invoke his right to counsel during police questioning. On the one occasion when appellant did unambiguously ask for counsel, the police honored his request. However, appellant himself then initiated further dialogue with the police. The State also met its burden of showing that appellant knowingly and intelligently waived his Fifth Amendment right to have counsel present during additional interrogation. Judgment affirmed. (Donovan, J., dissenting.)