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Parties Involved:
Janice Martina Mason
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-4535

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

JANICE MARTINA MASON,

 Defendant – Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. 

James K. Bredar, Senior District Judge. (8:22-cr-00041-JKB-1)

Submitted: July 8, 2024 Decided: January 6, 2025

Before AGEE and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, Cullen 

Macbeth, Assistant Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC 

DEFENDER, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant. Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney, 

Kim Y. Hagan, Assistant United States Attorney, Ari D. Evans, Assistant United States 

Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Janice Mason appeals from her conviction for voluntary manslaughter, in violation 

of 18 U.S.C. § 1111. She argues that the district court erred in denying her motion to 

suppress statements that she gave to United States Park Police detectives on November 24, 

2021, and November 26, 2021, asserting that she was “in custody” and did not receive 

Miranda* warnings.

We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm 

for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Mason, No. 

8:22-cr-00041-JKB-1 (D. Md. Aug. 8, 2023). We dispense with oral argument because the 

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and 

argument would not aid in the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

* Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).

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