· 3/22/2024
Dakota Resource Council v. U.S. Department of the Interior
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- holding that the defendant was not interrogated when police informed him that drugs had been seized and that he “was in serious trouble”
- holding that an officer telling a suspect that the police had seized 600 pounds of cocaine, that the suspect was in serious trouble, and that the detective would like to talk to the suspect after the suspect had spoken to an attorney, was not interrogatory
- fact that police statements to suspect “may have struck a responsive chord” insufficient to find them functional equivalent of interrogation
- \[W]hen an officer informs a [suspect] of [the] circumstances\ of his arrest or explains evidence against him, \this information may be considered normally attendant to arrest and custody.\ (quoting United States v. Crisco, 725 F.2d 1228, 1232 (9th Cir. 1984))
- addressing statements about the importance of cooperating
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Judges: Judge Christopher R. Cooper
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