United States v. James Willie Sanders

The sole question in this appeal is whether Appellant’s Fourth and Sixth Amendment rights were violated by admission into evidence against him a palmprint taken while he was legally in the custody of law enforcement officers on another matter, but after he had requested counsel before further questioning on this matter. We think not and therefore affirm the lower court’s decision.

The record reveals, and Appellant admits, that he was legally in the custody of law enforcement officials stemming from arrest on another unrelated matter. It is undisputed, then, that the custodial officers were…