Arizona v. Roberson, No. 87-354 (U.S. Supreme Court) (486 U.S. 675; 108 S.Ct. 2093) (June 15, 1988) (Justice Stevens)
In a case that established a "new rule of constitional law", the Court held that the Edwards rule (Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981)) is not offense specific. Thus, once a suspect invokes his Fifth Amendment right to counsel with regard to one offense, law enforcement officials may not ...
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