Court Opinion

ID: 9466650
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:21:54.790782+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:50.906661
License: Public Domain

R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge,
with whom ALVIN B. RUBIN, RANDALL and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges, join, specially concurring:
I concur in all of the majority opinion except that part which addresses the proper interpretation of Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377, 88 S.Ct. 967, 19 L.Ed.2d 1247 (1966). I agree with that part of the majority opinion which holds that Dohm did not make a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right against self-incrimination, and that it was therefore reversible error for the trial court to admit into evidence the statements he made at his bail hearing. Accordingly, it is not necessary to the decision in this case to reach the constitutional issue—i. e., interpretation of the Simmons case—and I would not do so. Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 297 U.S. 288, 56 S.Ct. 466, 80 L.Ed. 396 (1936) (Brandeis, J., concurring).
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
I concur in the result only.