UNITED STATES v. FITZGERALD

Nos. 75-1467, 76-1057.

545 F.2d 578 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jesse FITZGERALD, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DuWayne ROMENESKO and Evelyn Romenesko, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1976.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Wilks, U. S. Atty., Andrew B. Baker, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 75-1467.

Martin H. Kinney, Merrillville, Ind., for defendant-appellee in No. 75-1467.

William J. Mulligan, U. S. Atty., William E. Callahan, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 76-1057.

Robert E. Meldman, Nelson S. Weine, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellees in No. 76-1057.

Before SWYGERT and PELL, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

These cases present the question of whether statements taken by Internal Revenue Service agents from a person suspected of criminal violations of the tax laws, without the full set of warnings that Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), requires the police to give a defendant in custody, are inadmissible at trial simply because of that fact. We hold that they are not and...

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