United States v. Robert Andrew Glover, United States of America v. Marvin Melvin Morrow, United States of America v. Eugene Leonard Welser
Opinion
Opinion
Wright, J.
The defendants were convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property moving in interstate commerce. 18 U.S.C. § 2815 (1976). Glover and Welser appeal the denial of motions to dismiss based on alleged governmental interference with the attorney-client relationship.
Glover also appeals the trial court’s determination that he was competent to waive his Miranda rights and stand trial, and that he did in fact waive his rights. All three defendants appeal the court’s refusal to admit polygraph test results into evidence. We affirm.
I. FACTS
On October 24, 1977, Victor Nash, a wholesale gem dealer, was robbed of over $2,000,000 in gems as he was transporting his inventory to a gem show in a Seattle department store. Several days later, defendants were arrested in San Francisco and Oakland, California.
A. Glover.
Glover was arrested as he and another attempted to sell some of the gems to an undercover agent. Shortly after his arrest, he was advised of his Miranda rights. He told the FBI agents that he was willing to talk, that he had not been involved in the robbery, but that he knew the gems were stolen. The agents did not ask him to sign the standard FBI waiver of rights form…