Confession made Shortly After Miranda Warnings Was Not Ambiguous
State v. Damu Alston, ? N.J. ?, 2011 N.J. LEXIS 15 (January 20, 2011) - Judgment admitting confession into evidence at trial affirmed. "This appeal requires this Court to consider whether the statements made by defendant immediately after he signed the waiver of his rights were an ambiguous assertion of his right to counsel and whether the detective's questions in response constituted a permissible clarification....
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