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PEA v. UNITED STATES

No. 17824.

324 F.2d 442 (1963)

Emanuel PEA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1963.

Petition for Rehearing Denied November 5, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court), for appellant.

Mr. Jerome Nelson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Mr. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Joseph A. Lowther, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and DANAHER and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant appeals from a conviction of second degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. A detective questioned him and got a confession while he was under arrest and lying wounded in a hospital. In keeping with the spirit of Rule 5(b), F.R.Crim.P., we might have expected that the detective would have warned him of his right to remain silent. The record does not show whether the detective did so. It does not show that either the prosecution...

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