United States v. Joseph Florence De Loy

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

In this Dyer Act case the problem of a voluntarily loquacious defendant presents once again the question of the proper limits of the Massiah 1 rule.

The defendant, Joseph Florence DeLoy, was found guilty by a jury of interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle and was sentenced to two years in prison. He now appeals, asserting that certain evidence introduced at his trial was inadmissible. The sole issue presented is the extent to which Massiah, interdicts the admission into evidence of post-indictment incriminating admissions by a defendant. We do not find…