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181636P.pdf 08/23/2019 United States v. Alfredo Valquier
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1636
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - conviction. Valquier arrived at house during a search and
gave his name to an officer and "kind of hung his head" in response to an
officer's question prior to receiving Miranda warning. District court did
not plainly err in failing to suppress Valquier's pre-Miranda statements
and actions; although it was error for officer to testify regarding
Valquier's statement and action because he was in custody and being
interrogated, the error did not affect substantial rights in light of
other evidence at trial. Confrontation Clause challenges posed no
reasonable probability of altering the outcome of the trial and were not
plain error.