Arizona Supreme Court· 4/23/1985

State v. Lawson

Citations

698 P.2d 1266
144 Ariz. 547
1985 Ariz. LEXIS 202

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finding that the statement “I’ve got nothing to say” did not invoke the right to remain silent where “a fair reading” indicated it was “no more than a response” to an officer’s questions
finding that statement, “I’ve got nothing to say,” made in response to the question — ‘You got anything to say to that?”— could fairly be read as a refusal to talk about that specific question and not a general invocation of the right to remain silent
noting an arresting officer need not “personally be in possession of all the facts” to form probable cause, as long as collective knowledge exists
explaining it is “not essential that the arresting officer personally be in possession of all the facts as long as probable cause exists from the collective knowledge of all the law enforcement agents involved”
court discusses and applies different levels required to warrant proper investigatory stop and arrest
an arresting officer need not be in personal possession of all facts as long as probable cause exists from the collective knowledge of all law enforcement agents involved in the operation

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Judges: Cameron, Feldman, Holohan, Gordon, Hays

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