UNITED STATES v. CHARLTON

Nos. 76-1454 to 76-1456.

565 F.2d 86 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Arthur CHARLTON, Defendant-Appellant, Franklin N. Jacek, a/k/a Frank Royce, Defendant-Appellant, James Francis Swartz, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene A. Stanley, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn. (court-appointed), for defendant-appellant in No. 76-1454.

John L. Bowers, U. S. Atty., Edward E. Wilson, Richard K. Harris, Asst. U. S. Attys., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Philip P. Durand, Ambrose, Wilson, Lockridge & Grimm, Knoxville, Tenn. (court-appointed), for defendant-appellant in No. 76-1455.

Edward Michael Ellis, Knoxville, Tenn. (court-appointed), for defendant-appellant in No. 76-1456.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by three defendants convicted of forging and counterfeiting fifty-cent postage stamps worth approximately $200,000, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 501 and 2.1 Of the numerous grounds asserted for reversal, only one merits extended treatment. Defendant James Arthur Charlton claims that in-custody oral statements given to the government agents on the evening of his arrest were made involuntarily...

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