United States Ninth Circuit

Evidence of criminal defendant's post-arrest, pre-Miranda silence is inadmissible as "demeanor" evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/20/2001
• Decided 10/23/2001
• Published 10/23/2001

Judges

• WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, HUG, PREGERSON, KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ, KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, GOULD, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph J. Burghardt, Esq., Federal Public Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant., Terri L. Goodman, Esq., Federal Public Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant., Shereen J. Charlick, Esq., Federal Public Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant., Patrick K. O'Toole, Esq., United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee., Maura Quinn, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.