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SANDERS v. U.S.

No. 88-153.

567 A.2d 55 (1989)

Carlos A. SANDERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson Hill, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Sylvia Royce, U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Patricia L. Petty, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This case arises from the armed robbery of a neighborhood deli by two men wearing stocking masks, involving the non-fatal shooting of the deli's owner. Since we find that an inculpatory statement made by appellant was admitted in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), we must reverse.

The context in which the challenged statement arose was as follows...

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