Legal Opinion
Gomez v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 1, 2004No. 2003-CA-000947-MRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MINTON, Judge.
Carlos Amaya Gomez appeals his conviction in the Fayette Circuit Court for first-degree wanton endangerment 1 under a conditional guilty plea for which he received a one-year sentence. Gomez’s conditional plea reserved the right to appeal
the circuit court’s denial of his motion to suppress the incriminating statements because his limited comprehension of English prevented his making an intelligent waiver of his Miranda 2 rights and because the police failed to notify him of his rights to consult with Mexican consular officials under the Vienna Convention on Consular…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- California v. BehelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. Chucks EmuegbunamCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Jimenez-NavaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Commonwealth v. NealCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2002
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wilson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. GautreauxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011