Legal Opinion
United States v. Bernard Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1978No. 77-5703PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Bernard Stewart was convicted by a jury of burglarizing a Federal Credit Union in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a). He was given a three-year sentence. Stewart appeals from the denial of a motion to suppress a confession he signed after having been given incomplete Miranda warnings. That confession, read in full to the jury after two timely objections, contained not only a step-by-step account of the burglary, but also an admission of a prior conviction for armed robbery. We reverse.
Suppression Hearing And Trial
The suppression hearing was held just before the…
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