Mendoza

United States v. Mendoza

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36 F. App'x 310
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 4, 2002No. 01-10549; D.C. No. CR 99-0409 HGCalifornia290 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Yvette Mendoza was convicted of sending threatening communications through the United States mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876 . Her appeal challenges the district court’s conclusion that, based on the factors articulated in United States v. Wauneka, 770 F.2d 1434 (9th Cir.1985), she was not “in custody” for the purposes of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), when she signed a written statement confessing to the crime. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We have carefully reviewed the record and affirm for the reasons set forth in the district court’s Order Denying Defendant’s Motion to Suppress Statements of April 13, 2000.

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by Ninth Cir. R. 36-3.

. We note one minor disagreement with the district court’s findings. In applying the Wauneka factor of the extent to which Mendoza was confronted with evidence of guilt, the district found that “[t]he agents clearly did not confront Defendant with any physical evidence of guilt.” . Mendoza’s written confession, however, which…

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