United States v. Clifford Jerome Miller and Kathelyn Vandraiss Miller, United States of America v. Clifford Jerome Miller

COLEMAN, Chief Judge:

This is a government appeal, 18 U.S.C., § 3731, 1 from the suppression of (1) tangible evidence found in the Miller automobile and (2) Miller’s confessions after he had been arrested and arraigned for having a false driver’s license and an expired automobile inspection sticker. The District Court first suppressed a pistol, rifle, and a portfolio found in the Miller automobile. Later, it suppressed all use of Miller’s correct identity and three confessions which, while voluntary, were thought to be “fruits of the poisonous tree”.

I

The Indictments

On January 9, 1978, Clifford…