United States Seventh Circuit

District court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress his confession and other incriminating statements resulting in his conviction for bank robberies is affirmed where: 1) defendant's question was not a clear and unambiguous request for counsel under the circumstances; and 2) district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress his post-conviction statements where the magistrate judge made a credibility determination that despite defendant's failure to sign the waiver form, he was advised of his Miranda rights and voluntarily agreed to waive them.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/04/2009
• Decided 08/27/2009
• Published 08/27/2009

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, WOOD and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Samuel Shabaz, Oklahoma City, OK, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nathalina Hudson (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert C. Leventhal (argued), Foley & Lardner, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.