Legal Opinion
John Emilio Blefare and Donald Michel v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1966No. 19825_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, District Judge:
Appellants were convicted of smuggling heroin into the United States from Mexico. They seek reversal of their conviction on the ground that evidence which was admitted at their trial was illegally obtained in violation of their rights under the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America.
The trial was by the court without a jury. Motion was made on behalf of Blefare only to suppress the narcotics and objection was made on behalf of each defendant to its introduction. The evidence consisted of two packets of 30% pure heroin…
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