United States v. Rawls

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This case is here on an appeal of the government 1 from an order suppressing inculpatory statements of Jerome Rawls prior to his trial on an indictment charging armed robbery, 2 robbery, 3 assault with a dangerous weapon, 4 and obstructing justice. 5 We reverse.

The facts were developed at the hearing upon the motion to suppress and are not in dispute. 6 Officer Sullivan was patrolling in a police cruiser when a driver in a van passing in the opposite direction flagged him down. The driver advised that he was an employee of The Washington Post, that one of his…