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111432P.pdf   12/22/2011  United States  v.  Shanon Thomas
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-1432
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Beam,
   Circuit Judge]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant's statements were made in a
   non-custodial setting and were admissible; subsequent confession was not
   the fruit of the poisonous tree; in any event, any error in admitting the
   statements was harmless in light of the overwhelming, independent
   evidence of defendant's guilt; evidence was sufficient to support
   defendant's conviction for first-degree murder; claims of prosecutorial
   misconduct rejected.