Floyd W. Long v. United States

The only point made on this appeal is embodied in an invitation to us to adopt a rule that no statements or admissions to police officials out of the presence of counsel, irrespective of the circumstances in which they are made, are to be received in evidence at the trial. It does not appear to us that any legislative body in this country has prescribed such a rule of procedure in criminal trials, nor that any court has so held. Neither do we.

Although we have been asked to reverse in this instance without reference to any circumstance other than the absence of counsel, we have looked to the…