Jack Theodore White v. United States

BRATTON, District Judge.

This is an appeal from the conviction of Jack Theodore White upon five counts of transporting forged securities in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314.

The questions presented for decision on appeal are whether the warrantless search of White’s motel room was conducted in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights and whether his confessions were involuntary because triggered by the evidence garnered in the allegedly illegal search.

Appellant was arrested in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, on April 17, 1969, for breaking and entering a building in a shopping center complex. He had been…