Legal Opinion
United States v. John A. Blair
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1973No. 29916PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This case is another “entangled web of human miscreancy and judicial error.” 1 The defendants were apparently apprehended “red-handed” in the act of purloining mail from a United States Post Office, two of the defense counsel were disbarred, the interrogating Postal Inspector, in violation of the express mandates of Miranda, persisted in questioning one defendant for more than an hour after the suspect had expressly re quested presence of counsel before surrendering his Fifth Amendment rights, one Government Attorney has filed a brief in this Court containing an…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by77 opinions
- United States v. Evasio Hernandez, A/k/a, Eduardo GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Catherine Foster, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. James L. Sparks, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States of America Ex Rel. Theodore Baker v. Frederick Finkbeiner, Warden, Pontiac Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- William D. Christopher v. State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Tyrone B. Diggs, United States of America v. Garrett J. Keys, United States of America v. Percy Floyd, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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