United States v. Talmadge Hilton Ogle

Talmadge Hilton Ogle was indicted for the transportation of a motor vehicle from Laurel, Mississippi to Marengo County, Alabama, knowing it to have been stolen. A jury at Mobile deliberated eleven minutes before finding him guilty as charged. The government proved the offense by the testimony of the owner of the automobile, the defendant’s sister, and two Alabama officers. This evidence was never, in any respect, disputed.

The prosecutor proceeded, however, to introduce a confession given by the defendant to an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The admissibility of this confession…