United States v. Freddie Lee Childress

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Freddie Lee Childress, defendant, has appealed from a judgment of conviction on the verdict of a jury, of armed robbery of a clerk in charge of a postal contract station of the United States, at Indianapolis, Indiana, on or about May 22, 1964 in violation of 18 ILS.C.A. § 2114. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 25 years.

1. His court-appointed counsel contends that the use of incriminating statements obtained in violation of defendant’s constitutional rights constituted plain error requiring reversal.

Counsel’s principal reliance is on Escobedo v. State…