Crawford v. United States

TERRY, Senior Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of second-degree murder while armed and various weapons offenses.1 On appeal he contends that his rights under Miranda2 and the Fifth and Sixth Amendments were violated, that his statement to the police was erroneously admitted into evidence in violation of the Mallory-McNabb rule,3 and that certain conduct by the prosecutor prejudiced his case and requires reversal. We find all of appellant’s arguments without merit and affirm the judgment.

I

At about 4:30 a.m. on July 9, 1999, Michael Day was talking with another man known as…