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Moore v. State

Defendant did not clearly and unambiguously request counsel during his custodial interrogation when he said he wanted to talk to someone about who his attorney would be.

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Reginald Keith Moore was convicted of felony murder in the death of John Henry Lamar.1 Moore contends that the trial court should have suppressed his statement to police because he made a clear and unambiguous request for counsel. Because the trial court correctly concluded that Moore did not make an unambiguous request for counsel, we affirm.

1. The evidence presented at trial shows that Moore found his girlfriend, Sharon Brown, and Lamar together in bed, the two men fought, and Moore hit Lamar repeatedly with a lead pipe and killed him. Later that night, a police officer saw Brown’s car pushing Lamar’s car down the street. Subsequently, Moore and Brown dumped Lamar’s nude body down a ravine and left the state. Four months later, Moore turned himself in and gave Brown’s address to police. When arrested, Brown was wearing a gold chain with an anchor that had belonged to Lamar and had a cellular telephone that he had used. Brown was indicted along with Moore and entered a guilty plea to armed robbery at the end of their joint trial.

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