Legal Opinion
United States v. Coots
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided September 5, 1961No. Cr. 11598PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, District Judge.
Each of the defendants in the above case has filed a motion for a judgment of acquittal, the defendant, Harold Eugene Coots’, motion being in the alternative and requesting a new trial.
The two defendants in this case were jointly charged in a two-count indictment with the possession of a firearm in violation of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C.A. § 5801 et seq. At the beginning of the trial of the lawsuit each of the defendants made a motion to suppress testimony upon the ground that the weapon was illegally seized. In support of this contention the defendants cited…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Marron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- United States v. LefkowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Michael Joseph Gurleski and Dorothy Villafranca v. United States of America, Frank Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Clarke v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- Coleman v. MaxwellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. BarbanellDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- Salisbury v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
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