United States v. Reginald Satterfield

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from the pre-trial order suppressing post-arrest statements made by Reginald Satterfield. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Whitman Knapp, Judge, held that the government’s use of these incriminating statements at Satterfield’s trial would deprive him of his sixth amendment rights. We affirm.

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On April 14, 1976 a federal grand jury indicted Satterfield on four counts of violating federal narcotics laws, and about 10 a. m. on Friday, April 16, 1976 he was arrested,…