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U.S. v. MELENDEZ

No. 99-2089.

228 F.3d 19 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Tomas MELENDEZ, a/k/a Tomas Melendez Sanchez, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Goodman, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Dep't of Justice, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Aixa Maldonado-Quinones, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellant.

Edgar R. Vega-Pabon, by appointment of the court, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal poses a single question: Do the safeguards demanded by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), apply to testimony given by a subpoenaed witness in a criminal proceeding? The district court answered this query in the affirmative and suppressed certain inculpatory statements made by Tomás Meléndez Sánchez (Meléndez) on the ground that Melendez...

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