Opinion ID: 2977126
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: 2:00 p.m. - The Confession

Text: At 2:00 p.m. that same afternoon, Sergeant Massucci went to the cell to take photographs of Davie. Davie asked Massucci if he could make a phone call, and Massucci granted his request. Davie called his girlfriend, Sonya Barnes, who apparently told him that she and Davie were being discussed in the local media. When Davie went back to his cell, he told Massucci that he wanted to talk to Vingle to discuss what was being released to the media and to determine what information Styx had given the police that morning. Davie was subsequently brought from his cell to the interrogation room where Vingle and Sines re-advised him of his Miranda rights. For a third time, Davie initialed a constitutional rights form provided by the officers, indicating that he understood his rights, and signed the form. Although Davie once again refused to sign the waiver, he explicitly stated that he agreed to talk to the officers, and he did not ask to speak to an attorney. Vingle: Do you want to acknowledge this that you have been given your rights again? Do you understand this one too, do you want to initial that one? Davie: It don’t matter, do it. Sines: Any particular reason why, you just don’t want to initial that part? Davie: Right. Sines: Are you still willing to talk to us? Davie: Right. Sines: Okay. Vingle: Okay, this has been building up? Davie: I don’t know, I just flipped out this morning. Vingle: Tell us what happened, tell us. No. 03-4293 Davie v. Mitchell Page 20 Davie: I mean, it’s evident what happened. Sines: We have an idea what happened but we would like to hear from you what happened, just to verify what we got. Davie: I went down to the VCA and shot ‘em up. (JA at 866-67.) Davie then asked the officers to type up his statement because he did not want to have to confess again. Once the tape was transcribed, Davie signed or initialed each page of the transcript. On a motion to suppress filed by Davie’s appointed counsel, the trial court found Davie’s 2:00 p.m. confession to be admissible. The court reasoned that despite Davie’s failure to initial the waiver-of-rights portion of the form, he had impliedly waived his right to remain silent during both the 12:15 p.m. and the 2:00 p.m. interrogations, and that Davie had initiated the 2:00 p.m. interrogation that ultimately led to his confession. Davie, 686 N.E.2d at 256-57.