Fritts v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment. Appellant appealed, arguing that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to suppress an incriminating statement that he made after he unequivocally invoked his right to remain silent. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant's statement that he had already told officers all the he knew during an interrogation was not an unambiguous and unequivocal invocation of his right to remain silent, and therefore, the trial court did not err in denying the motion to suppress.
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