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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Billy Ray RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant
72-2162.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Oct 26, 1972.
468 F.2d 618
Benjamin B. Spratling, III, Birmingham, Ala. (Court-Appointed), for defendant-appellant., Wayman G. Sherrer, U. S. Atty., Albert C. Bowen, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.
Bell, Dyer, Clark.
Published
PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of stealing government property having a value in excess of $100.00. 18 U.S.C.A. § 641. His assignments of error center on alleged violations of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), and alleged procedural errors in the determination of his Miranda rights by the district court. We find no violation of Miranda. We find no departure from the procedural requirements of Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908 (1964), nor other procedural error in the assessment by the district court of appellant’s Miranda rights. There was no error in the test applied by the court to determine the voluntariness vel non of the confession. Moreover, the failure to charge in the literal language of 18 U.S.C.A. § 3501(a) as it applies to the weight to be given by the jury to a confession, was not error.

Affirmed.