Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States v. William Cleveland Merritt, Jr.

454 F.2d 1162

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1972-02-08
Topic
general

PER CURIAM: The defendant contends that his confession was not voluntarily given and, further, that he was deprived of the benefit of counsel during the interrogation. The district judge, after a hearing on motion to suppress, found that his confession was voluntarily given, and that he had voluntarily waived his right of counsel. These findings are not clearly erroneous. United States v. Gunn, 428 F. 2d 1057 (5th Cir. 1970).

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UNITED STATES v. MERRITT,454 F.2d 1162(5th Cir. 1972)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. WILLIAM CLEVELAND MERRITT,
JR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
No. 71-2727.
Summary Calendar.fn*
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
February 8, 1972.
Howard B. Law, Dallas, Tex. (Court appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Eldon B. Mahon, U.S. Atty., Charles D. Cabaniss, Asst. U.S. Atty., William F. Sanderson, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Joe Ewing Estes, Chief Judge.
Before BELL, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
[1] The defendant contends that his confession was not voluntarily given and, further, that he was deprived of the benefit of counsel during the interrogation. The district judge, after a hearing on motion to suppress, found that his confession was voluntarily given, and that he had voluntarily waived his right of counsel. These findings are not clearly erroneous. United States v. Gunn,428 F.2d 1057(5th Cir. 1970). The judgment is

[2] Affirmed.Page 1164
  1. Rule 18, 5th Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of N.Y.,431 F.2d 409, Part I (5th Cir. 1970). ↩