United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction for armed bank robbery is affirmed where: 1) an affidavit was ultimately sufficient to support the determination of probable cause for the warrant; 2) defendant's contention that the affidavit supporting the application for the warrant contained material false statements is rejected; and 3) his argument -- that his confession should have been suppressed because large quantities of drugs and alcohol he ingested prior to his arrest and his confession invalidated his waiver of his Miranda rights -- is rejected, and if defendant was not under any influence that would diminish his capacity, there is no circumstance that would lead the court to question the validity of his Miranda waiver, under any standard of review.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/06/2009
• Decided 10/06/2009
• Published 10/06/2009

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gayle Helart, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Gabriel B. Galloway, Attorney (argued), Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellant.