Willie Samuel Rivers v. United States

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Appellant was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 2114 1 for attempted rob bery of a rural mail carrier and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. The twenty-five year sentence required a finding in this case that in committing the robbery Appellant wounded the victim. He contends on appeal that statements he gave to state and federal officers while in custody and admitted into evidence against him were not voluntary, that the statements led to the recovery of evidence which was improperly admitted, and that the statements were not properly adjudged…