UNITED STATES v. PIERCE

No. 11706.

397 F.2d 128 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas Michael PIERCE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert O. Ellis, Huntington, W. Va., (Court-appointed counsel) for appellant.

George D. Beter, Asst. U. S. Atty., (Milton J. Ferguson, U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and BRYAN, Circuit Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

Defendant Thomas Michael Pierce asks this Court to reverse his conviction under the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312 and to grant him a new trial. He contends that the testimony at his trial of law enforcement officers as to statements made by him after his being taken into custody should have been excluded because the interrogating officers failed to comply with the dictates of Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384 U.S. 436

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