P. v. Chandler CA2/5
In convicting defendant and appellant Kaylen Chandler (defendant) for transporting methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine for sale, the jury heard evidence defendant told a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy she possessed the drugs and planned to sell them. At an earlier pre-trial hearing, the trial court refused to exclude testimony about her admissions to the deputy based on the defense contention that “the court should have uncertainty about whether the [Miranda ] admonition was properly given and at the proper time . . . .” We consider whether defendant’s convictions must be reversed because, as defendant now asserts, (1) the deputy’s Miranda advisement failed to inform her she had a right to an attorney before any questioning, and (2) the deputy deliberately elicited incriminating statements in a two-step interrogation prohibited by Missouri v. Seibert (2004) 542 U.S. 600 (Seibert).
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