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UNITED STATES v. SIMS

Crim. No. CR 67-50.

297 F.Supp. 1009 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America v. Horace W. SIMS and Ralph Howard Freeman.

United States District Court W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

Memorandum Opinion and Order March 21, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Robinson, former U. S. Atty. for Western Dist. of Tenn., Memphis, Tenn., for United States.

Lucius E. Burch, Jr., Charles F. Newman, Freeman Marr and Robert Rose, Memphis, Tenn., for Horace W. Sims.

John Heiskell, Memphis, Tenn., for Frederick Hunt Rayner.

J. Richard Cox, Memphis, Tenn., for James Henry Capell.

Vincent Vorder Bruegge, Memphis, Tenn., for Hugh Connell Day.

John Aycock, Memphis, Tenn., for Van Lee Boyd.

Warner Hodges, Memphis, Tenn., for Ralph Howard Freeman.

Cordell Hull Sloan, Memphis, Tenn., for Robert E. Hendrix.

William Walsh, Memphis, Tenn., for George Henry Norman.

Walter Bailey, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for Willie Albert Johnson.

James Allen, Memphis, Tenn., for William Ivory Claxton.

Clyde West, Memphis, Tenn., for Vester Lee Price.

J. Minor Tait, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for Klaus Klingenberg.

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL OF DEFENDANTS SIMS AND FREEMAN

BAILEY BROWN, Chief Judge.

During the course of this trial, it was necessary for this Court to decide whether it was proper to admit in evidence, over the objection of defendants Sims and Freeman, a written confession made by co-defendant Price, which also inculpated them. All of these defendants were on trial. It was the position of counsel for Sims and Freeman that such...

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