United States v. Charles David Watson

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Watson was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 659 for knowing possession of merchandise stolen while in interstate commerce and sentenced to eight years under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a). In this appeal Watson challenges the use at his trial of statements given by him to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during a custodial interview at Atlanta Police headquarters.

Appellant asserts, first, that the district court failed to apply the proper standard for “burden of proof” to the question of Watson’s “knowing, intelligent, and voluntary” waiver of his…