United States v. Roberson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. Criminal Action No. 21-102 (JDB) MICHAEL ROBERSON, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution guarantee a panoply of critical rights to criminal defendants, among them the right against self-incrimination and the right to counsel. These Amendments also impose several concomitant procedural obligations on law enforcement, including the requirement that confessions be “voluntary” rather than coerced by police and, most famously, the rule that a suspect in…