United States v. Spinney, Crim. A. No. 65-116.
Decision Date | 20 December 1966 |
Docket Number | Crim. A. No. 65-116. |
Citation | 264 F. Supp. 774 |
Parties | UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. W. Aborn SPINNEY, Defendant. |
Court | U.S. District Court — District of Massachusetts |
Paul F. Markham, U. S. Atty., John M. Callahan Asst. U. S. Atty., for U. S.
Charles W. Bartlett, Daniel B. Bickford, Boston, Mass., for defendant.
This case came on to be heard on the defendant's Motion to Suppress Evidence. Both the Government and the defendant agreed to submit the motion for the Court's decision on the basis of the memoranda and exhibits filed.
I make the following findings of fact and conclusions of law. The Acting Chief of the Intelligence Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent a letter to the defendant dated March 10, 1964, which read as follows:
In response to this letter the defendant appeared at the IRS office in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 1, 1964. The defendant was interviewed, and a transcript of the interview was taken. I shall quote the portions of that interview that are relevant to the present issue:
The defendant seeks to suppress as evidence the statements of the defendant which followed this portion of the interview, and any records obtained by the Government as fruits thereof. The defendant contends that in the circumstances of this interview, the IRS agents were required to inform the defendant of his constitutional right of consultation with a lawyer and privilege against self-incrimination. The defendant relies upon the Supreme Court decisions in Escobedo v. State of Illinois, 1964, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 and Miranda v. State of Arizona, 1966, ...
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