United States Ninth Circuit

Grant of a motion to suppress statements made by defendant in a prosecution for perjury and making a false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the INS is affirmed where an INS agent's questioning of defendant constituted an "interrogation" for Miranda purposes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2006
• Decided 03/02/2006
• Published 03/02/2006

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge., Before TASHIMA and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD F. SHEA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kirby A. Heller, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John T. Gorman, Federal Public Defender, Mongmong, Guam, for the defendant-appellee.