State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Appellant v. Demetrius Diaz-Bridges, Defendant-Appellant and…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the defendant's repeated requests to speak with his mother did not constitute an invocation of his right to remain silent, so the portion of his confession suppressed by the Appellate Division was inadmissible; the Court reversed that suppression and remanded for further proceedings. Justice Albin dissented, arguing the requests were an ambiguous invocation that should have halted interrogation.