United States v. Angie Singleterry

MEMORANDUM

Defendant Singleterry appeals her conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. She argues that district court erred by denying her motion to dismiss the Indictment and overruling her objection to prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument.

Before trial, the defendant moved to suppress statements made during an interview conducted by FBI Special Agent Craig Roos. Singleterry claimed that she confessed to selling methamphetamine only because the government agents threatened her with calling Child Protective Services (“CPS”) if she did not confess. At the suppression hearing, Agent Roos and other agents testified that they never threatened the defendant. An officer from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) also testified that, to his knowledge, no one had even contacted CPS. Evidence later surfaced that Agent Roos had in fact called CPS three times. The government decided not to introduce the confession at trial. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the Indictment, which the district court denied.

Due Process requires dismissal where there has been “outrageous government conduct.” United…