Legal Opinion
United States v. Bowdach
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided May 22, 1976No. FL 75-124-Civ-NCRPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROETTGER, District Judge.
Defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence seized from his home following his arrest. His arrest was made pursuant to a warrant but no search warrant had been issued for the house. Defendant, presently incarcerated, is being prosecuted under a three count indictment, each count charging him with a violation of 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1) alleging receipt and possession of a different firearm by a felon. The motion to suppress is addressed only to the weapons described in Counts I and II.
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2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by20 opinions
- United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. Gary Bowdach, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Harry O. Stratton, William D. Riggs and Loy Z. Harrell, United States of America v. Samuel S. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Gary L. Shively, United States of America v. G. Winfield PardeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. DabbsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- United States v. MasseyDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1977
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