UNITED STATES v. GAYDEN

No. 84-578.

492 A.2d 868 (1985)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Mark K. GAYDEN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Seikaly, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and Charles W. Brooks, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

James M. Lenaghan, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, TERRY and ROGERS, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Associate Judge:

The government appeals the suppression of appellee's oral and written confessions, which the trial court found were obtained in violation of the Fifth Amendment. Because we conclude the oral confession was the product of an arrest made without probable cause and the written confession was obtained by exploitation of the illegal arrest, Dunaway v. New York, 442 U.S. 200, 216, 99 S.Ct. 2248, 2258, 60 L...

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