Criminal
Sep. 9, 2010
Accused Killer to Get New Trial
An appeals court ruled that a man who confessed to killing his girlfriend in 1998 during an extensive police interrogation should get a new trial because detectives waited too long to read his Miranda rights.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A San Francisco Bay Area man who confessed to killing his girlfriend in 1998 during an extensive police interrogation should get a new trial because detectives waited until after his admission to read him Miranda rights, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Wednesday.
The 2-1 decision reversed a ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of San Francisco. In the opi...
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