Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Enoch Dan BANKS, IV., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-11-17
Citations: 115 F. App'x 698
Docket Number: No. 02-31205
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Enoch Dan BANKS, IV., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 115
Pages: 698–699

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Enoch Dan BANKS, IV., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-31205.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Nov. 17, 2004.
Stephen A. Higginson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Duane Evans, U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Roma A. Kent, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Enoch Dan Banks, IV, appeals his conditional guilty plea conviction for felon possession of a firearm. He challenges the district court's denial of his motion to suppress a statement to the police revealing the location of a firearm in his girlfriend's apartment and the resulting seizure of that firearm. This court reviews a ruling on a motion to suppress based upon five testimony under the "clearly erroneous" standard for findings of fact and de novo for questions of law. United States v. Muniz-Melchor, 894 F.2d 1430, 1433-34 (5th Cir.1990).
We have reviewed the record, the district court's opinion, and the parties' briefs, and conclude that the district court did not clearly err in finding that the colloquy in which Banks admitted having a firearm did not constitute a custodial interrogation by the deputies in question. See Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 444, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966); see United States v. Baldwin, 644 F.2d 381, 384 (5th Cir.1981); United States v. Carpenter, 611 F.2d 113, 117 (5th Cir.1980). We also conclude that, even if the colloquy did constitute a custodial interrogation, the resulting seizure of the firearm and Banks's second and third statements claiming ownership of the firearm were nevertheless admissible. See United States v. Patane, — U.S.-,-, 124 S.Ct. 2620, 2630, 159 L.Ed.2d 667 (2004); Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U.S. 298, 310-11, 105 S.Ct. 1285, 84 L.Ed.2d 222 (1985). The district court's denial of Banks's motion to suppress is therefore AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.