Court Opinion

ID: 9533206
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:29:27.040665+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:57.167446
License: Public Domain

DIXON, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent.
.Bill,of Exceptions No. 14 is a good bill. I do not understand that there was any effort made to have the’ defendant waive his right to have an attorney present, nor do-1 understand that he did so. When: he was given a choice, he indicated his' preference to have his attorney present. ' He had already visited his attorney, to the knowledge of the police, who knew the lawyer’s name.
The procedure here followed by the police reduced the defendant’s right to representation at interrogation to worthlessness.
In addition, I cannot agree that Code of Criminal Procedure article 778 is unconstitutional.