People v. Ibe CA1/1

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Shooting On April 17, 2017, Asala Odom had agreed to meet Marcel Brooks, the father of her 11-month-old son, at a McDonald’s restaurant. Odom texted Brooks when she arrived. As she was waiting at a table, Odom heard a “really loud pop, and a flashing.” Odom looked up to see a woman running out of the restaurant and a bullet hole in the window next to her. Surveillance video from the McDonald’s showed someone walking toward Odom’s table, pulling a gun from a purse, firing a single shot, and then exiting the restaurant. Brooks was located the next morning at a motel with Ibe. Both were arrested. B. The Post-arrest Interview Ibe was interviewed by two detectives after her arrest. One of the detectives read the Miranda admonishment to Ibe and asked her, “Do you understand these rights?” She responded, “Yeah.” Ibe provided various details regarding her relationship with Brooks and told the detectives that Brooks had relationships with two other “baby mamas” besides her. The detective told Ibe that there was a “fourth woman” who Brooks had identified as his girlfriend. When the detective began questioning Ibe as to what had

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