Legal Opinion

United States v. Heideman

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided February 3, 1958No. Crim. No. 1123-57PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The defendants are on trial on an indictment for robbery, in that on the night of October 24, 1957, they hailed a taxicab, entered it, and when the taxicab arrived at the destination designated by the defendants, one of them hit the driver over the head with a sock containing gravel. The driver became unconscious and while he was unconscious one of the defendants took his wallet.

The Government seeks to introduce in evidence oral confessions made by the defendants to a member of the Police Department who investigated this case. The defense counsel object to their…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
  3. Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Upshaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Tony E. Muldrow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  2. State v. TominagaHawaii Supreme Court · 1962
  3. United States Ex Rel. Boone v. FayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
  4. United States v. NaplesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1961
  5. Singleton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

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