LACEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 8405.

356 F.2d 936 (1966)

Billy Lee LACEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

February 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony V. Zarlengo, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Donald P. MacDonald, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Lawrence M. Henry, U. S. Atty., for the District of Colorado, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LEWIS, BREITENSTEIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

A jury found appellant-defendant Lacey guilty of uttering a forged government check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 495 and he appeals from the sentence imposed. The only error urged is the improper receipt in evidence of a written confession.

The defendant, a mature man experienced in law enforcement matters, was first questioned by a federal Secret Service agent at the Denver jail on July 27, 1964. At that time the agent advised...

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