U.S. v. MENDOZA

Nos. 95-3572, 95-3573.

85 F.3d 1347 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Cirilo MENDOZA, Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Cirilo MENDOZA, Martha Wheeler, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford Cronk, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Rock Island, IL, for appellant.

Jane Kelly, Asst. Public Defender, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellee Mendoza.

Chip Lowe, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellee Wheeler.

Before FAGG, BRIGHT, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, the government appeals from two orders entered by the district court suppressing as evidence statements made by defendant Martha Wheeler. The first order granted Wheeler's motion to suppress evidence on the basis that her statements were involuntary, and the second order precluded the government from using Wheeler's statement implicating co-defendant Cirilo Mendoza, on the theory that the statement was inadmissible...

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