U.S. v. GORDON

No. 86-4556.

812 F.2d 965 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Karen Ruth GORDON and David R. Woodcock, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Shreveport, La. (Ct. Appt.), Alfred R. Beresko, Shreveport, La., (court appointed) for Karen Ruth Gordon.

E. Daniel Burt, Jr., Bain & Burt, Kim Hanson LaVigne, Shreveport, La., for Woodcock.

Joseph G. Jarzabek, Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Attys., D.H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, RUBIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Contending that, due to her psychological impairments, her statements to investigating officials and waivers of her Miranda rights were involuntary, a battered and sexually abused wife who conditionally pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting her husband's murderer after the fact appeals from a district court order denying her motion to suppress evidence she provided the government. The codefendant, the man convicted of murdering...

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