United States v. Jeffrey Thomas Whaley, Cross-Appellee

How courts have described this case

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• “While we accept, unless clearly erroneous, the facts that the district court found, whether those facts together constitute an ‘initiation’ under Edwards is a legal question we review de novo.”
• “[A]n Edwards initiation occurs when, without influence by the authorities, the suspect shows a willingness and a desire to talk generally about his case.”
• “While we accept, unless clearly erroneous, the facts that the district court found, whether those facts together constitute an ‘initiation’ under Edwards is a legal question we review de novo.”
• “While we accept, unless clearly erroneous, the facts that the district court found, whether those facts together constitute an ‘initiation’ under Edwards is a legal question we review de novo.”
• acknowledging some initiations will \present . . . difficult question[s]\
• acknowledging some initiations will “present . . . difficult question[s]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).