United States v. Soledad Medina De Perez

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Soledad Medina de Perez appeals her conviction of two counts of making false statements to a federal officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Perez contends that her responses to questions posed by federal agents during a post-arrest interrogation are not within the reach of the statute, and alternatively, that her statements, taken as a whole, are not material within the meaning of section 1001. We agree that section 1001 does not apply to a criminal defendant’s responses to investigative officers during a post-arrest interrogation, and therefore, we reverse.

I. FACTS