People v. Brickhouse

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 2 counts of armed robbery. Court properly denied postconviction petition after 3rd-stage evidentiary hearing.Question of comment by Defendant, about a lawyer, was made before officer had read Defendant Miranda warnings and before he started asking Defendant questiions bout the offense. It was ambiguous and was not a clear invocation of right to counsel that would have required officer to stop questioning him until an attorney was present. (McDADE and OBRIEN, concurring.)