UNITED STATES v. TRABUCCO

No. 27476.

424 F.2d 1311 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Flavio Humberto TRABUCCO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1970.

Certiorari Denied June 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucius M. Dyal, Jr. (court appointed), Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., Robert H. MacKenzie, Special Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GEWIN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied June 26, 1970. See 90 S.Ct. 2224.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This direct criminal appeal raises questions of probable cause for a warrantless arrest, admissibility of a confession, proof of the corpus delicti, and correctness of jury instructions. The question of probable cause is close; the confession question unusual because of the defendant's language barrier and cultural background; and the issue of jury instructions complicated by a recent...

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