Samantha Winter v. United States
FourthAmendment FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
whether-miranda-rights-were-violated
QUESTIONS PRESENTED QUESTION 1: © WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY DENIED MS. WINTER’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS HER STATEMENTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHERE ATF AGENTS AND A KING GEORGE COUNTY DETECTIVE CONDUCTED A CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION OF SAMANTHA WINTER WITHOUT FIRST NOTIFYING MS. WINTER OF HER RIGHTS PURSUANT TO MIRANDA V. ARIZONA. QUESTION 2: © WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY ADMITTED EVIDENCE PURSUANT TO RULE 404(B) OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE THAT HER THEN BOYFRIEND DEVON BYRD, TRAFFICKED THC LACED CANDY FROM CALIFORNIA. QUESTION 3: WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY ADMITTED EVIDENCE REGARDING THE THC CANDY TRAFFICKED BY DEVON BYRD. (a) Whether the trial court erroneously denied Samantha Winter's Motion to Suppress the THC candy trafficked by Devon Byrd that law enforcement officers seized during an unconstitutional, warrantless search of Ms. Winter’s car during a traffic stop; and (b) Whether the trial court erroneously admitted Mr. Byrd’s mug shot, packages of the THC candy that law enforcement seized from Mr. Byrd, certificates of analysis and testimony regarding Mr. Byrd’s drug trafficking and arrest, where the evidence was not relevant to the allegations that Ms. Winter lied about her marijuana use when purchasing a gun QUESTION 4: WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT’S ERRONEOUS RULINGS ARE HARMLESS. 2