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Supreme Court· 5/2/1994

United States v. Alvarez-Sanchez

Citations

  • 511 U.S. 350
  • 114 S. Ct. 1599
  • 128 L. Ed. 2d 319
  • 1994 U.S. LEXIS 3300
  • 94 Daily Journal DAR 5866
  • 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3059
  • 8 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 83
  • 62 U.S.L.W. 4289

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a person questioned by a federal officer while being held on state charges was outside any protection afforded by 18 U.S.C. ง 3501(c)
  • holding that a person questioned by a federal officer while being held on state charges was outside any protection afforded by 18 U.S.C. § 3501(c)
  • holding that time between state arrest and incriminating statement is not relevant to subsection (c) because.no “delay” exists prior to federal arrest
  • holding that when a term “is not defined in the statute, we must construe the term ‘in accordance with its ordinary or natural meaning.’ ”
  • concluding that a statute referencing “any” law-enforcement officer includes all federal, state or local officers who are capable of arresting for a federal crime
  • holding that when a term “is not defined in the statute, we must construe the term ‘in accordance with its ordinary or natural meaning.’ ”

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Judges: Thomas, Rehnquist, Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Stevens

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