UNITED STATES v. SHEARS

No. 85-5012.

762 F.2d 397 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Charles Wallace SHEARS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Berthiaume, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (J. Frederick Motz, U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Paul R. Kramer, P.A., Baltimore, Md. (Stuart J. Snyder, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

This appeal presents two issues: whether we have jurisdiction over the government's appeal of a suppression order, and if so, whether the district court erred in finding that certain statements made by the defendant were involuntary and therefore should be suppressed. The suppression order was entered before defendant's initial trial began. The initial trial was terminated by the grant of defendant's motion for mistrial. The government...

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