Government of Virgin Islands v. Williams

ALMERIC L. CHRISTIAN, United States District Judge, Judge

ORDER

Defendant Robert E. Williams, currently in custody awaiting trial on a charge of robbery, has by counsel filed a timely motion, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 41(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, requesting the suppression of a confession admittedly signed by him.

In brief, Williams contends that the confession he made to the police was obtained in violation of the standards laid down by the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966). At the hearing on his motion to suppress, Williams…