UNITED STATES v. NASH

No. 76-4221.

563 F.2d 1166 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allen O'Donald NASH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Mike DeGeurin, Karen K. Friedman, Asst. Federal Public Defenders, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Gough, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mary L. Sinderson, George A. Kelt, Jr., Carl A. Walker, Jr., John M. Potter, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case is the admissibility of an oral confession made by appellant to an FBI agent without the benefit of the Miranda warnings. Because the appellant was in custody and the investigation had focused on him the failure to administer the Miranda warnings requires exclusion of the confession and reversal of the conviction.

Appellant was convicted of the federal offense of bank theft, 18 U.S.C. §...

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