# Martinez v. United States

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · November 21, 1989 · 566 A.2d 1049

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9516693

## Case

- **Full name:** Antonio MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** November 21, 1989
- **Citations:** 566 A.2d 1049; 1989 D.C. App. LEXIS 244; 1989 WL 146328
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Mack
- **Judges:** Terry, Gallagher, Mack
- **Cited by:** 21 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that "a voluntary statement obtained in violation of a defendant's Six th Amendment right to counsel may be used at trial to impeach the contrary or inconsistent testimony of that defendant"
- holding that detention pursuant to a search warrant is insufficient to make subsequent statements involuntary

## Opinion text

MACK, Associate Judge, Retired,
dissenting:
I would apply the holding of the Second Circuit in United States v. Brown, 699 F.2d 585, 588-591 (2d Cir.1983), and reverse appellant’s conviction on the ground that his statement was erroneously admitted to impeach his testimony, in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

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