UNITED STATES v. McKINNEY

No. 84-2038.

758 F.2d 1036 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Theodore Duane McKINNEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Ackerman, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Daniel K. Hedges, U.S. Atty., Ronald G. Woods, James R. Gough, George A. Kelt, Jr., Susan L. Yarbrough, Asst. U.S. Attys., Mervyn Hamburg, Appellate Section, Vincent L. Gambale, Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RANDALL, JOHNSON and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Theodore Duane McKinney was convicted by a jury of various offenses arising out of an abortive attempt to extort $15,000,000 from the Gulf Oil Corporation by threatening to detonate several bombs installed by McKinney's associates at the Cedar Bayou Chemical Plant. McKinney attacks (1) the admission of evidence obtained during allegedly illegal searches; (2) the admission of statements made by McKinney to FBI agents following his arrest; (3...

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