UNITED STATES v. SANKO

No. 85-5066.

787 F.2d 1249 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert Thomas SANKO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl P. Gray, Woodbury, Minn., for appellant.

Elizabeth De La Vega, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

In the course of a narcotics investigation, Hennepin County, Minnesota deputy sheriffs and a federal drug task force agent arrested appellant, Robert Thomas Sanko, in his home. Shortly after the arrest and later while handcuffed and seated in his living room during a search of the house, appellant made inculpatory statements which he contends should have been excluded during his subsequent trial on narcotics and weapons charges.

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