Legal Opinion
United States v. William James Smith and Joseph Lee Tillery. Appeal of Joseph Lee Tillery
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 16, 1972No. 72-1341PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This appeal questions the validity of an arrest and search which yielded certain “bait bills” resulting in appellant’s conviction on a bank robbery charge. The arrest was claimed by agents to be under authority of a warrant for bond default issued in Washington, D. C. That warrant was later found to be a fugitive bench warrant pertaining to a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon. The issues raised here are (1) whether a search yielding evidence of an offense for which appellant was convicted is valid when incident to arrest on a warrant charging a separate offense; and…
3Cases cited9 opinions
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- Klingler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Loy Lavator Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Holland v. United States. Holland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
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4Cited by28 opinions
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