Opinion

Lee v. State

  • 561 P.2d 566
  • 1977 OK CR 104
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
Mar 14, 1977
Status
Published
Author
Brett
On the bench
Bussey, Bliss, Brett
Cited by
10 cases

The opinion

*570 BRETT, Judge,

specially concurring.

I concur as to the admissibility of the confession on the ground that the defendant’s step-grandfather was the de facto custodian of the defendant, thereby meeting the requirements of 10 O.S.1971, § 1109(a). Had the defendant not conferred with attorney Copeland before giving his inculpa-tory signed statement, I would have held that any statements made by the defendant prior to the arrival of counsel were inadmissible. However, in signing the statement upon advice of counsel, defendant effectively waived any irregularities in eliciting statements from him prior to the arrival of counsel. Therefore, I concur in the result of the majority.

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