U.S. v. Hampton

In prosecution on robbery and firearm charges, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress his confession, even though defendant argued that police officers violated his Miranda rights by questioning him after he had invoked his right to counsel. Defendant’s statement at beginning of interrogation (and after he had received Miranda warnings) that: “I haven’t even gotten a chance to get a lawyer or anything” was too ambiguous so as to constitute clear invocation of right to counsel, since defendant merely indicated that he had not acquired lawyer. As such, police had no obligation to stop questioning defendant.