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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.