Accused black child rapist who asked cops for 'lawyer dog' loses bid to have confession thrown out

[Liberalism In The News]

The rights of an accused child rapist were not violated when
cops ignored his request for a "lawyer dog," the Louisiana
Supreme Court ruled.

Warren Demesme was not clear enough about his wishes when he was
interrogated by police, the judges ruled last week. Demesme is
accused of first-degree rape and indecent behavior with a
juvenile under 13.

"If y'all, this is how I feel, if y’all think I did it, I know
that I didn’t do it so why don't you just give me a lawyer dog
cause this is not what’s up," Demesme told cops during an
interview, according to court records.

State Supreme Court Justice Scott Crichton wrote that
authorities do not have to stop questioning suspects when they
make a lawyer request that is "ambiguous or equivocal."

Demesme's "reference to a 'lawyer dog' does not constitute an
invocation of counsel that warrants termination of the interview
and does not violate Edwards v. Arizona," the judge wrote in the
decision.

The suspect made the "lawyer dog" request after he was arrested
in October 2015, according to the Times-Picayune newspaper.

Demesme confessed to sexually assaulting one child, according to
the newspaper, and was trying to get his incriminating
statements thrown out.

The 24-year-old suspect, who will be tried in Orleans Parish,
faces a possible life sentence, the Times-Picayune reported.

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