United States v. Lambert David Noa

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant appeals his convictions of theft of mailed matter, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708, on the ground that (1) no adequate Miranda warning of the right to appointed counsel prior to questioning was given to him before his confession to Federal Postal Authorities and (2) no warning of the right to refuse to permit a warrantless search was given to him prior to his consent to a search of his vehicle. We affirm.

The parties agree on the underlying facts. On February 27, 1970, appellant, who worked as a mail clerk at Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu, was called…