UNITED STATES v. VAN DUSEN

No. 7580.

431 F.2d 1278 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard Clinton VAN DUSEN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard H. Dana, Jr., Portland, Me., by appointment of the Court, with whom Verrill, Dana, Philbrick, Putnam & Williamson, Portland, Me., was on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Peter Mills, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a conviction for wilfully causing the interstate transportation of a forged check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 principally challenges the district court's finding, following a voir dire hearing, that certain statements made to FBI agents by appellant were made with a full understanding of his rights.

Appellant had been held in a New York jail for nearly a month on an unrelated state criminal charge when he was...

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