Legal Opinion

United States v. Bassford

District Court, D. Maine

Decided January 28, 1985No. Crim. 84-00022-BPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

CYR, Chief Judge.

The defendants are separately charged in a superseding indictment with manufacturing a large quantity of marijuana. They move to suppress certain evidence seized on August 26 and September 3, 1983.

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FACTS

In August 1983 the Maine State Police [MSP] received a tip from a confidential informant concerning the cultivation of marijuana plants near the residence of defendant Thomas J. Bassford in Salem Township, Maine. On August 25, 1983, after verifying the reliability of the informant, MSP Troopers William Draper and Michael Sperry flew over the…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. John PforzheimerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
  2. United States v. Thomas J. BassfordCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  3. Sundheim v. Board of Cty. Com'rs of Douglas Cty.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. State v. LangeCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1990
  5. People v. StanislawskiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986

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