United States v. Freddie Dale Barnhill

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Freddie Dale Barnhill appeals his jury-trial conviction for violation of the Dyer Act (18 U.S.C. § 2312), transporting a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce. He raises two issues: that Nebraska Highway Patrol officers obtained his confession after violating the rule of Miranda 1 by pressing an interrogation upon him against his wishes, and that the prosecution failed to prove the voluntariness of his confession introduced at trial after a Jackson v. Denno 2 hearing. We reject these contentions and affirm the conviction.

The substantive facts disclose that…