United States v. Gentry

MEMORANDUM

MORTON, Chief Judge.

Defendant Ray Arnold Gentry seeks to suppress statements given by him to agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (“ATF”) on June 6, 1980, and June 12, 1980.

On June 6, 1980, pursuant to a telephone call from officers of the Smith County Sheriff’s Department, ATF Agents Julian Bomar and John Batts traveled from Nashville, Tennessee, to Carthage, Tennessee, to assist in the investigation of the attempted bombing of Gentry’s Service Center, Highway 25, Carthage, Tennessee. During the course of their initial investigation, Agents Bomar and Batts spoke…