U.S. v. Arthur

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. WILLIAM TROY ARTHUR

Court: United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Southern Division

Date published: Oct 17, 2006

Criminal Action No. 1:06cr140-MHT (M.D. Ala. Oct. 17, 2006)

Opinion

Criminal Action No. 1:06cr140-MHT.

October 17, 2006

ORDER

MYRON THOMPSON, District Judge

The court is troubled by the testimony of the police officers. Neither the defendant's confession nor that the defendant wasMirandized is mentioned in the officer reports, despite the fact that the report is otherwise quite detailed. Nevertheless, the defendant filed no objections to the magistrate judge's recommendation, and the court cannot say that the findings of fact in the recommendation are clearly erroneous.

Accordingly, after an independent and de novo review of the record, including the transcript of the hearing before the magistrate judge, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court:

(1) That the recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (Doc. No. 31) is adopted; and

(2) That the defendant's motion to suppress (Doc. No. 14) is denied.