1. Mr. Thomas alleged that the district court violated his Fifth Amendment rights. Mr. Thomas was convicted, in larger part, from his statements made to detectives and evidence derived from those statements. The Tenth Circuit relied on the lower court's ruling that statements did not warrant Miranda warnings and the statements were made during the part of the interview that was ruled to be noncustodial and investigative in nature.

Whether the district court violated Mr. Thomas's Fifth Amendment rights by admitting his statements to detectives and evidence derived from those statements