Case Name: Charles Tyree GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James H. GOMEZ, Director of Department of Corrections of the State of California; Theodore White, Warden of New Folsom State Prison, Respondents-Appellees; Charles Tyree Green, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Matthew C. Kramer, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-02-08
Citations: 364 F. App'x 387
Docket Number: Nos. 08-15949, 95-15901
Parties: Charles Tyree GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James H. GOMEZ, Director of Department of Corrections of the State of California; Theodore White, Warden of New Folsom State Prison, Respondents-Appellees. Charles Tyree Green, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Matthew C. Kramer, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, HUG and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 364
Pages: 387–388

Head Matter:
Charles Tyree GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James H. GOMEZ, Director of Department of Corrections of the State of California; Theodore White, Warden of New Folsom State Prison, Respondents-Appellees. Charles Tyree Green, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Matthew C. Kramer, Respondent-Appellee.
Nos. 08-15949, 95-15901.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Jan. 13, 2010.
Filed Feb. 8, 2010.
John Paul Balazs, Law Offices of John P. Balazs, Sacramento, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Juliet Haley, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, HUG and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Green's statements after he was given the Miranda warnings were properly admitted. Under Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U.S. 298, 105 S.Ct. 1285, 84 L.Ed.2d 222 (1985), "a suspect who has once responded to unwarned yet úncoercive questioning is not thereby disabled from waiving his rights and confessing after he has been given the requisite Miranda warnings." Id. at 318, 105 S.Ct. 1285. Green argues the statements should be suppressed under Missouri v. Seibert, 542 U.S. 600, 124 S.Ct. 2601, 159 L.Ed.2d 643 (2004). Even assuming he can rely on Seibert in light of Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288, 310, 109 S.Ct. 1060, 103 L.Ed.2d 334 (1989), there was no deliberate two-step process here. Green's waiver of his Miranda rights was also voluntary. See Moran v. Burbine, 475 U.S. 412, 421, 106 S.Ct. 1135, 89 L.Ed.2d 410 (1986). He was only in the interview room for approximately six hours before he was advised of his rights, and during most of that time he was not being interrogated.
Nor were Green's admissions coerced. See Colorado v. Connelly, 479 U.S. 157, 167, 107 S.Ct. 515, 93 L.Ed.2d 473 (1986). Although Green argues that he was psychologically vulnerable to questioning, "a defendant's mental condition, by itself and apart from its relation to official coercion" doesn't render a statement involuntary. Id. at 164, 107 S.Ct. 515. Green points to no police behavior amounting to coercion. Moreover, Green's question "Can I page 3 have time to think for a second" wasn't an invocation of his right to remain silent. It's just like the question "Can we talk about it tomorrow," which United States v. Thierman, 678 F.2d 1331, 1335-36 (9th Cir.1982), held wasn't an invocation of the right to be silent.
Even if the state court erred in determining that Green wasn't in custody during his pre-Miranda questioning, he hasn't shown that admission of his initial statements had a "substantial and injurious effect" on the verdict. Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 623, 113 S.Ct. 1710, 123 L.Ed.2d 353 (1993) (internal quotation marks omitted). Green's bloody overalls were properly admitted, see United States v. Patane, 542 U.S. 630, 641-42, 124 S.Ct. 2620, 159 L.Ed.2d 667 (2004), as were his two confessions. Green's first statements are insignificant compared to this evidence.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.