Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Fouche v. United States
486 U.S. 1017
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1988-05-16
- Topic
- general
rejecting petitioner's argument that, under Skipper and Ramos, he should be entitled to present evidence on parole eligibility | rejecting petitioner’s argument that, under Skipper and Ramos, he should be entitled to present evidence on parole eligibility | defendant observed in the vicinity of a recent bank robbery suddenly accelerated his vehicle and ran a stop sign | limited questioning permitted to clarify whether ambiguous conduct was intended to invoke right to silence | defendant made equivocal request when he first asked to be allowed to call an attorney, but then instead called his wife for advice and later asked the officer, “What should I do?” | statement held admissible even though obtained after accused asked investigator about retaining a lawyer and the investigator responded that he was not a lawyer and would not give advice
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- Cited by
- 43 opinions
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Justice Brennan and Justice -Marshall would grant certiorari.