United States Ninth Circuit

Mirandized confessions are admissible even if they follow statements made in response to an un-Mirandized interrogation where officers used improper tactics, as long as the initial un-Mirandized statements were voluntary.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/21/2001
• Decided 09/17/2001
• Published 09/17/2001

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.