Edwards v. Arizona
- Decided
- June 22, 1981
- Docket
- 79-5269
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that if defendant invokes his right to counsel, then interrogation must cease and cannot be continued until defendant has the opportunity to speak with counsel — Terry Allen Langford v. Rick Day, Acting Administrator of Corrections Division Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of the State of Montana (1997)
- holding that the interrogation must cease once the suspect invokes his Miranda right to counsel — United States v. Seifullah Muhammad (1997)
- holding that if the person being interrogated requests an attorney, all questioning must cease until an attorney is present — State v. Yoh (2006)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari in this case, 446 U. S. 950 (1980), limited to Question 1 presented in the petition, which in relevant part was “whether the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments require suppression of a post-arrest confession, which was obtained after Edwards had invoked his right to consult counsel before further interrogation . . .
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Cite this
Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981)Read the full opinion
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