United States v. Egipciaco

OPINION & ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge.

Defendant Leo Williamson moves to suppress his post-arrest statements, alleging that these statements made after signing a Miranda waiver were the result of government coercion. Williamson specifically alleges that police officer Armando Rodriguez violently arrested him, punched him twice in the face, and was present in the interrogation room when Williamson signed the Miranda waiver. Williamson also alleges that he agreed to sign the Miranda waiver after being told that his co-defendant, Daniel Egipciaco, had given him up, that he was “going down for…