United States v. Alexander

MACK, Associate Judge:

At the request of the government, we review in this criminal case two pretrial orders, 1 one suppressing appellee’s statements and the other directing production of a witness’ grand jury testimony. Appellee is charged with murder in the second-degree while armed. At trial, she intends to show that she acted in self-defense. After a hearing and extensive briefs arguing alleged violations of appellee’s Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights, the trial court concluded, under Miranda 2 and its progeny, that appellee’s Fifth Amendment rights were not violated. However, the court…