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377 F.2d 542

Docket No. 21116.

Selinger v. Bigler

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided April 27, 1967.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1967.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1967-04-27

2 counsel of record

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291

Relies on Escobedo v. Illinois · California v. Curry · Baines v. City of Danville

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1967-04-27

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Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently November 1984 · most notably VonderAhe v. Howland (1974), Schlinsky v. United States (1967)

23 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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¶1David R. Frazer, John C. King, Shimmel, Hill, Kleindienst & Bishop, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant.

¶2Richard C. Gormley, U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Joseph M. Howard, Burton Berkley, Attys., Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

¶3Before JERTBERG and MERRILL, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5Selinger appeals from the denial of his motion to return copies of his records and suppress their use as evidence made pursuant to F.R.Cr.P. 41(e).1 The copies were made by agents of the Internal Revenue Service in the course of an investigation under circumstances which, appellant asserts, amounted to an unlawful search and seizure. The District Court denied relief upon the ground that appellant had given consent to the examination of his records.

¶6Appellant contends that his constitutional right to counsel was violated under Escobedo v. State of Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (1964), in that the investigation had reached the accusatory stage (a Special Agent having participated in the investigation), and he was not advised of his rights. This court has ruled against appellant’s contention in Kohatsu v. United States, 351 F.2d 898 (9th Cir. 1965), cert. denied, 384 U.S. 1011, 86 S.Ct. 1915, 16 L.Ed.2d 1017 (1966). Appellant seeks to distinguish that case. We find no basis *543for distinction and regard the decision as controlling here.

¶7Appellant challenges the court’s finding of a voluntary consent. In our judgment the finding was not clearly erroneous.

¶8Appellant contends that the court’s finding of consent was not sufficient to support a conclusion that constitutional rights had not been violated. In our judgment the finding was sufficient.

¶9Affirmed.

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