United States v. Karen Ruth Gordon and David R. Woodcock
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Contending that, due to her psychological impairments, her statements to investigating officials and waivers of her Miranda rights were involuntary, a battered and sexually abused wife who conditionally pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting her husband’s murderer after the fact appeals from a district court order denying her motion to suppress evidence she provided the government. The codefendant, the man convicted of murdering the battered woman’s husband, also appeals from his conviction, raising the issue of the voluntariness of the woman’s cooperation as well…
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