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U.S. v. PELTON

No. 86-5182.

835 F.2d 1067 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald William PELTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Jon Cribari, Deputy Federal Public Defender (Fred Warren Bennett, Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Robert Neal McDonald, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Breckenridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., Juan Marrero, Trial Atty., Dept. of Justice, Mary C. Lawton, Counsel for Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, Washington, D.C., and Sally Balch Hurme, Atty. Advisor, Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, Arlington, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUSSELL, PHILLIPS, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Ronald William Pelton challenges his convictions of conspiracy to commit espionage, 18 U.S.C. § 794(c), espionage and attempted espionage, 18 U.S.C. § 794(a), and unauthorized disclosure of classified information concerning communications intelligence, 18 U.S.C. § 798(a), for which he was sentenced to three life terms plus ten years imprisonment.

Pelton contends that incriminating statements he made to the FBI should...

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