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U.S. v. WATSON

No. 94-3892.

87 F.3d 927 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bernard WATSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals and Jerome N. Krulewitch (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Elreta C.L. Dickinson, Chicago, IL and Anita Rivkin-Carothers (argued), Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals the district court's pre-trial suppression of a number of Bernard Watson's incriminating written and oral statements. Because we hold that the district court denied the government a fair suppression hearing, we reverse and remand for a new hearing.

Initially, we need to clarify what is not at issue in this appeal. This is not a challenge to the district court's credibility findings. Instead, the government...

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