PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

Docket No. 90512, (Calendar No. 1).

441 Mich. 140 (1992)

490 N.W.2d 351

PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, and Jeffrey Caminsky, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Rolf E. Berg) for the defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Peter Jon Van Hoek and Kristina Dunne for the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.


MALLETT, J.

We are asked today to consider whether a criminal defendant can voluntarily waive his Fifth Amendment rights without the knowledge that his attorney is trying to contact him. Further, we are asked to determine whether not providing a defendant with food, water, or the opportunity or place to sleep while he awaits questioning renders his statements involuntary.

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