A Confession Alone Does Not Effectively Waive the Right to Counsel If It Follows an Interrogation

Examines the United States Supreme Court’s case Brewer v. Williams. The Court in Brewer established that a confession given during an interrogation is not a waiver of the sixth amendment right to counsel. Further, Brewer established that an interrogation need not be in the form of questions, but any statements reasonably expected to compel a response. The author is unsure “what intervening events will be sufficient to remove the taint of an illegal interrogation” and of the precedential value of the decision.