Legal Opinion
United States v. William Daniel Gooch, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1979No. 78-1489PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant seeks reversal of his conviction for possession of marijuana, contending that his arrest and the search which uncovered the marijuana were illegal.
Trial was to the court.1 The following recitation of facts is based largely on the findings made by the court.2 At about 8:35 p. m. on December 3, 1977, a United States Customs air officer operating a computerized radar scope detected a northerly moving aircraft, estimated to be 32 miles south of the border between the United States and Mexico. The officer then initiated a computer track designed to follow the craft…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Robbins v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Clarence Whitfield, United States of America v. Norman B. MonroeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Osborne MacKeyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- State v. IsleibSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
- United States v. Matthew Bellina, Daniel David Hochroth, and Anthony Di BenedettoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
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