Louisiana Supreme Court Rules That Man Was Asking For a "Lawyer Dog"

By an 8-1 margin, Louisiana Supreme Court said a defendant wasn't asking for a lawyer when he said, "Just give me a lawyer, dog."

Quote:

"If y'all, this is how I feel, if y'all think I did it, I know that I didn't do it so why don't you just give me a lawyer dog cause this is not what's up." That was Warren Demesme talking to the police after he voluntarily agreed to be interviewed over accusations he sexually assaulted a minor. In an opinion concurring with the Louisiana Supreme Court's decision to deny the man a writ of certiorari, Justice Scott Chricton insists that Demesme only "ambiguously referenced a lawyer." Chricton notes that under current legal precedent in Louisiana, if a suspect makes an "ambiguous or equivocal" reference to a lawyer—one where a "reasonable" cop could conclude that that the suspect only "might" be invoking his right to an attorney—police can continue their interrogation. "Maybe I need a lawyer," for example, is considered too ambiguous.

Good grief.

via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/2gQRpyl