Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Richardson v. Rundle
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 8, 1972No. 71-1506PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
The respondent warden, represented by the Philadelphia District Attorney, appeals the order of the district court granting a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was granted on the ground that evidence, consisting of a holster and a cartridge, admitted in evidence in the petitioner’s state court trial, had been illegally obtained. The holster and cartridge were discovered during an on the street frisk after petitioner was stopped by a police officer. The district court held that the evidence was the fruit of an illegal search rather than of a frisk…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Raymond J. BerryhillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Albert Moore v. John Deyoung, Warden, Passaic County Jail, and Frank Davenport, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- City of St. Paul v. VaughnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- State v. CobbsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- Commonwealth v. NarcisseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- United States v. Kenneth C. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
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