United States v. Adolfo Naranjo

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

Adolfo Naranjo asks us to determine whether the District Court erred in denying his suppression motion based upon the investigating agents’ failure to give Miranda warnings before obtaining an incul-patory custodial statement. He also appeals the District Court’s denial of his request for a minor role reduction in his sentence. For the reasons that follow, we will reverse and remand the case to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. Factual Background.

In February 2003, Naranjo appeared at the Philadelphia warehouse of Banocol Marketers.…