United States Ninth Circuit

Suspect's statement "I have nothing to say, I'm going to get the death penalty anyway" to officer just before the reading of Miranda rights was an invocation of those rights and inadmissible to show defendant knew he committed a homicide.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2001
• Published 10/30/2001

Judges

• Before:  POLITZ,W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Kennedy,Office of the Federal Public Defender, Reno, Nevada, for the defendant-appellant., Ronald Rachow, Office of the United States Attorney, Reno, Nevada, for the plaintiff-appellee.