United States v. James William Atkinson, A/K/A Walter J. Atkinson

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Atkinson was convicted in his jury trial below of unlawfully transporting in interstate commerce stolen United States Savings Bonds in the amount of 85,000 dollars, knowing the same to have been stolen, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2314 (1970). On appeal, he alleges three errors: (1) that the bonds themselves were produced as a result of an illegal search and seizure under the rule excluding the fruits of such conduct, and should not have been admitted into evidence; (2) that Atkinson’s oral confession to an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was obtained…