Opinion

James W. Killough v. United States

315 F.2d 241
114 U.S. App. D.C. 305
1962 U.S. App. LEXIS 3987

Court: Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Filed: Oct 4, 1962
Status: Published
Author: Bastian
On the bench: Miller, Edgerton, Bazelon, Fahy, Washington, Danaher, Bastian, Burger, Wright
Cited by: 56 cases

McNabb v. United States, 318 U. S. 332 (1943); Mallory v. United States, 354 U. S. 449 (1957)

How later courts described this case

McNabb v. United States, 318 U. S. 332 (1943); Mallory v. United States, 354 U. S. 449 (1957)
first confession obtained before accused given his preliminary hearing
later confession held inadmissible as the “fruit” of an earlier one

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge

(dissenting).

I agree with the dissenting opinions and only wish to add that, in my opinion, the court today has struck a grievous blow at the administration of criminal justice.

In my opinion, the judgment of conviction should be affirmed.

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