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SEALS v. UNITED STATES

No. 17550.

325 F.2d 1006 (1963)

James R. SEALS, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Peter R. Cella, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this court), was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William C. Weitzel, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker, and Frederick G. Smithson, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WASHINGTON and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is yet another case in which the central issue before us is whether the use of a confession in a criminal trial should have been barred because it was allegedly the product of illegal detention by law enforcement officers. See Mallory v. United States, 354 U.S. 449, 77 S.Ct. 1356, 1 L.Ed.2d 1479 (1957).

The bank robbery in which appellant Seals allegedly...

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