UNITED STATES v. LAMBERT

No. 71-3453.

501 F.2d 943 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fred LAMBERT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. MacDonald, Jr., Tampa, Fla. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Bernard H. Dempsey, Jr., Claude H. Tison, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Tampa, Fla., Henry E. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, INGRAHAM, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Lambert, the appellant, was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 10011 and sentenced to two years imprisonment for making a false statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He had come to the FBI of his own volition to make a complaint. Following an interview he signed a written statement in which he claimed that two Tampa, Florida, police officers had physically mistreated him. Also, he stated his "feeling"...

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