United States v. Floyd W. McNeil

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury on a charge of assault with a dam gerous weapon 1 — a stabbing of one Charles Fountain with a knife. Reversal of the conviction is sought principally on the ground that the trial judge erred in allowing testimony by the arresting officer attributing certain oral statements to appellant. 2 We find no error and accordingly affirm.

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Immediately prior to appellant’s trial, his counsel 3 moved for suppression of the alleged statements, and the trial judge conducted a hearing. Paul B. Daly, a police officer, chronicled a…