UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 71-1169.

463 F.2d 1258 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. William THOMPSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1972.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Selma M. Levine, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), with whom Mr. Keith S. Watson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Julius A. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry and Edwin A. Williams, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Harold H. Titus, Jr., present U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The principal question which is presented here by a most able brief on behalf of appellant is whether certain statements by the accused should have been suppressed because they were the result of a police interview that should have been preceded by Miranda warnings. Appellant contends that the investigation had focused sufficiently upon him as a suspect to require such warnings. Initially appellant had claimed he was a victii of the roberry along...

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