U.S. v. GIDDINS

No. 15-4039.

858 F.3d 870 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Master GIDDINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Meghan Suzanne Skelton , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant. Kenneth Sutherland Clark , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James Wyda , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Debra L. Dwyer , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge King joined. Judge Agee wrote a dissenting opinion.


Appellant Master Giddins was convicted of bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery following a jury trial. Part of the evidence used at trial was a videotaped statement Giddins gave to police during the investigation into the crime. On appeal, Giddins argues that the statement was coerced, and that he did not voluntarily...

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