Legal Opinion
United States of America v. Ramiro Astello
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 2001No. 99-2443PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Ramiro Astello appeals the district court’s 2 deniál of his motion to suppress two statements he made to the police in conjunction with an investigation of the kidnapping and murder of Sky Erickson. The statements were admitted at trial, and the jury convicted Astello of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and use of a firearm in relationship to a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a), 1201(c), and 924(c) (1994 & Supp. IV 1998). Astello received a mandatory life sentence. We affirm.
On June 6, 1997, Erickson was taken from Iowa to an…
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