Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Walker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 9, 2001No. 00-3052PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
After robbing a Chicago bank, Thomas Walker was caught when his two accomplices pointed the police in his direction. While suffering from heroin withdrawal, he confessed to his crime, and was later indicted, tried, and convicted. He now asserts that the district court erroneously rejected his motion to suppress the confession and made a variety of trial errors. While we are not prepared to say that this was a flawless proceeding, a combination of the required standards of review and the harmless error rule, taken in the context of the powerful case against Walker,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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