United States Ninth Circuit

A statement obtained in violation of Miranda was properly used at trial for impeachment purposes where a police detective did not make misrepresentations or engage in coercion sufficient to make the statement involuntary.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/08/2002
• Decided 05/14/2002
• Published 05/14/2002

Judges

• Before:  O'SCANNLAIN and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rachelle Barbour, Federal Defender, Sacramento, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Leah Ann Alcazar, Deputy Attorney General, Fresno, CA, for the respondent-appellee.