Legal Opinion
United States v. Terry Covington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1986No. 84-1150PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
The Government appeals from an order suppressing the confessions made by appellee Terry Covington (“Covington”) to an *1054employee of a private corporation providing security and patrol services to the United States Army on Kwajalein Island, one of the islands of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The court has appellate jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731 (1982). Because the district court applied an incorrect legal standard in suppressing Covington’s statements, we reverse and remand.
FACTS
On December 29, 1979, Covington was arrested on Kwajalein Island of the…
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