Dep’t of Transp., 2011 ND 92, ¶ 14, 797 N.W.2d 40). “ ‘An arrestee cannot complain about a law enforcement officer’s reasonable interpretation of the arrestee’s ambiguous statements.’” Kasowski, 2011 ND 92, ¶ 14, 797 N.W.2d 40 (quoting Lange v. N.D. Dep’t of Transp., 2010 ND 201, ¶ 17, 790 N.W.2d 28). We explained that “[a]n arrestee making an ambiguous statement suffers the consequence of that ambiguity.” Kasowski, 2011 ND 92, ¶ 14, 797 N.W.2d 40 (quoting Lange, 2010 ND 201, ¶ 7, 790 N.W.2d 28). However, we recognized that, in some circumstances, when an ambiguity exists as to whether a request to speak to an attorney has been made law enforcement should seek clarification of the ambiguity before denying the statutory right to counsel. See Washburn, 2015 ND 299, ¶ 13, 872 N.W.2d 605 (<HOLDING>). [¶ 8] Here, the parties do not dispute that
holding that an ambiguous mention of an attorney is not a request for counsel recognizing that a criminal defendants right to counsel is the right to the effective assistance of counsel holding that a defendants claim that his attorney did not meet with him or seek out witnesses required a searching inquiry before denying the request for new counsel holding even when a request for an attorney is ambiguous it is incumbent upon law enforcement to seek clarification of the ambiguity before denying the statutory right to counsel holding that in determining whether there exists a valid waiver of the right to counsel in the criminal setting the court may consider a defendants lack of good faith in working with appointed counsel including an unreasonable refusal to cooperate with counsel or an unreasonable request for substitution of appointed counsel and the timeliness of defendants request for new counsel particularly when a defendant makes an untimely request for new counsel  under circumstances which are likely to result in a continuance