United States v. Allen Coades

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• rejecting request that the court adopt a rule requiring confessions to police be recorded because “such a rule” is a matter for consideration by Congress
• drawing of guns did not transform stop into arrest in view of officers’ information that the two men were armed and fleeing an attempted bank robbery in which shots were fired
• drawing of guns did not transform stop into arrest in view of officers' information that the two men were armed and fleeing an attempted bank robbery in which shots were fired
• ordering defendant to stop and prostrate himself at gunpoint constituted arrest
• error occurred in admitting evidence of a prior conviction for bank robbery in order to establish the existence of an intent to rob
• although introduction of evidence of prior conviction for bank robbery constituted error in bank robbery prosecution, error was harmless in light of overwhelming proof of guilt

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