Legal Opinion
United States v. Laffal
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 23, 1951No. 1080PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
An information was filed against appel-lees charging them with keeping a disorderly house. 1 They moved that their arrest be quashed. 2 The court granted the motion and dismissed the information. The Government has appealed.
The motion to quash the arrest was directed at alleged deficiencies in the affidavits on which the warrant of arrest was issued. Appellees urge that the affidavits, made by two members of the police force, did not establish probable cause that the offense of keeping a disorderly house had been committed. The affidavits set forth that the premises, a…
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