Legal Opinion
United States v. D.F.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 17, 1995No. 94-2900PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
On January 5,1992, a one-year-old girl was found dead in her home; six days later her two-year-old sister was found dead there. D.F., a juvenile cousin of the children, was charged, on November 17, 1993, with two counts of second degree murder. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1153 and 5031. Following a two-day suppression hearing, the magistrate judge recommended that D.F.’s statements to mental health workers be suppressed because they were privileged communications. The district court agreed that the statements should be suppressed, but based the suppression on the…
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