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401 F.2d 533

Docket No. 22501.

Moore v. United States

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Oct. 22, 1968.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1968-10-22

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently March 1971

5 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1968-10-22

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¶1Stanley Yep, Duane V. Peterson, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

¶2Wm. M. Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert L. Brosio, Asst. U. S. Atty., Crim. Div., Theodore E. Orliss, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

¶3Before BROWNING, ELY and HUF-STEDLER, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694*534(1966), requires the government to show not only that the accused was effectively informed of his privilege against self-incrimination and his right to the assistance of counsel, but also that the accused knowingly and intelligently waived these rights. Moreover, “A valid waiver will not be presumed simply from the silence of the accused after warnings are given or simply from the fact that a confession was in fact eventually obtained.” 384 U.S. at 475, 86 S.Ct. at 1628.

¶6The record is devoid of any evidence that appellant waived his rights before making the admissions to which Officer Pelz testified.

¶7Since we cannot say that the error “does not affect substantial rights” (Fed.R.Crim.P. 52(a)), or “that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt” (Chapman v. State of California, 386 U.S. 18, 24, 87 S.Ct. 824, 828, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967), the judgment must be reversed.

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