United States v. Herbert H. Middleton, Jr.

KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Contending that certain incriminating material was unlawfully obtained by federal officers and therefore inadmissible at his trial, Herbert H. Middleton, Jr., appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered after a non-jury trial, for violating 18 U.S.C. § 641 by stealing a calculating machine belonging to the United States Navy. Found guilty, in the main, on allegedly tainted handwriting specimens and inculpatory statements, *80appellant Middleton was sentenced to nine months imprisonment.1 We find that at least some, if not all, of the incriminating material was obtained…