United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction for producing false identification documents is reversed where the voluntariness of defendant's consent to search must be reassessed and there was a Miranda violation contained in the Spanish-language rights card used by officer/translator to advise defendant of his rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/10/2003
• Decided 11/07/2003
• Published 11/07/2003

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge., Before:  GOODWIN, HUG, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. Sady, Chief Deputy Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR, for the defendant-appellant., Frank Noonan, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellee.