United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's statement to officers prior to recieving Miranda warnings, that if victim identified her then "it must be me," was an incriminating statement and thus violated Defendant's right against self-incrimination.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/21/2001
• Decided 12/08/2000
• Published 12/08/2000

Judges

• Before:  SCHROEDER, CHIEF JUDGE, AND HUG, KOZINSKI, O'SCANNLAIN, KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, MCKEOWN, GOULD, PAEZ, TALLMAN, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth A. Newman (argued), Emily S. Uhrig, and Maria E. Stratton, Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant., Ronald L. Cheng (argued), Wendy O. Clendening, and Alejandro Mayorkas, United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.