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023101P.pdf   10/10/2003  United States  v.  Villalba-Alvarado
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-3101
   District of Minnesota   
Criminal Case - suppression. Government appeals suppression of physical evidence derived from a violation of Miranda and post- warning/post-waiver statements. Post-warning statement was admissible even though it was the fruit of an earlier Miranda violation, because it was itself voluntary. Court joins 3rd and 4th Circuits that exclusionary rule as applied under the Fifth Amendment does not require suppression of physical evidence derived from a voluntary non-Mirandized statement. Derivative physical evidence should treated similarly to other forms of derivative evidence. The district court did not err in concluding the government failed to prove that discovery of the drugs was reasonably probable, but there was a reasonable probability of discovery of the cash. Judge Heaney dissents.