Legal Opinion

United States v. Robert R. Carra

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 10, 1979No. 78-1363PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction on three counts of receipt of firearms by a felon 1 and one count of making false statements in the acquisition of a firearm. 2 He complains that the following prejudicial errors justify reversal:

1. The court failed to suppress certain evidence which was the fruit of an illegal warrantless search;

2. A second search was based on a warrant which was improperly executed and returned;

3. Certain inculpatory statements were admitted into evidence which were involuntarily made;

4. The United States Attorney was illegally vested with discretion to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. North Carolina v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. United States v. Francisco Sangineto-Miranda, (87-5667) Luray Betts, (87-5668) Enrique Vargas, (87-5711) & Benjamin Nelson, (87-5712)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  2. United States v. David Joe MasseyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
  3. State v. MitchellIdaho Supreme Court · 1983
  4. United States v. Jimmy Beaumont, Alvin Paul Brevell, Jr., A/K/A "Junior", Gerald Daniel Beaumont and Johnie Fae Beaumont, A/K/A Johnie R. MeyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Louis LukCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988

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