Pierre v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “Generally, “if the suspect indicates in any manner that he or she does not want to be interrogated, interrogation must not begin or, if it has already begun, must immediately stop.” Cuervo [v. State], 967 So.2d [155,] 161 [(Fla.2007) ] (quoting Traylor v. State, 596 So.2d 957, 966 (Fla.1992)). The phrase “in any manner” simply means that there are no magic words that a suspect must use to invoke his rights. State v. Owen [Owen II], 696 So.2d 715, 719 (Fla.1997). “[0]nce a defendant waives his or her right to remain silent, subsequent equivocal requests to terminate an interrogation do not automatically re quire police to cut off all questioning.” Cuervo, 967 So.2d at 161. “A suspect must articulate his desire to cut off questioning with sufficient clarity that a reasonable police officer in the circumstances would understand the statement to be an assertion of the right to remain silent.” Owen [II], 696 So.2d at 718 . “[A] determination of the issues of both the voluntariness of a confession and a knowing and intelligent waiver of Miranda rights requires an examination of the totality of the circumstances.” Lukehart v. State, 776 So.2d 906, 917 (Fla.2000).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 72 So. 3d 171 - Dixon v. State