UNITED STATES v. SCOTT

No. 77-1875.

592 F.2d 1139 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfred David SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome F. Statkus, of Carmichael & Statkus, Cheyenne, Wyo., for defendant-appellant.

Sharon A. Lyman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo. (Charles E. Graves, U. S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo., with her on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of Alfred David Scott by jury on a charge that he "did embezzle, steal, take and carry away from a motor truck" chattels which were a part of an interstate shipment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659.

The issues on appeal are:

(1) Must the government affirmatively demonstrate that a defendant's prior statement was voluntarily made, before it can be used in cross-examining the defendant when...

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