United States Ninth Circuit

Conflicting sets of warnings resulted in an unclear instruction on defendant's Miranda rights, and where those rights were not clarified prior to defendant's incriminating statements, the error was not harmless and denial of a motion to suppress is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2002
• Decided 12/23/2002
• Published 12/23/2002

Judges

• Before D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Siri Shetty, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Orlando Gutierrez, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.