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U.S. v. BELL

No. 98-CO-1610.

740 A.2d 958 (1999)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Jasmine A. BELL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and Oscar S. Mayers, Kathleen S. Davies and Anthony S. Barkow, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellant.

Howard F. Bramson, E. Brunswick, NJ, appointed by the court, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, RUIZ and REID, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

In this pretrial government appeal, we review the trial court's suppression of an audiotaped statement given to the police by appellee Jasmine Bell. Slightly less than six hours after his arrest, Bell signed a card waiving his Miranda1 rights. Under our case law, that waiver also constituted a waiver of his right under Super. Ct.Crim. R. 5(a) to prompt presentment after the arrest. Bell was then questioned by...

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