Dorsey v. United States

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant James Dorsey was convicted after a jury trial of assaulting and robbing an elderly street vendor.1 The videotape of Dorsey’s confession, introduced at his trial by the prosecution in its case-in-chief, was the most compelling evidence against him. In this appeal, Dorsey contends the trial court erred in admitting the confession.

While he was in police custody, Dorsey endured a grueling overnight interrogation during which, as the government concedes, detectives violated the rules of Miranda v. Arizona2 and Edwards v. Arizona3 by continuing to press him to…