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United States v. Daniel J. Koenig

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 12, 1961No. 18355PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

The scales of justice are not always evenly balanced; one of the scales holds a few extra weights in favor of a person accused of crime. This appeal deals with one of those weights: the limited jurisdiction of this Court to hear a government appeal from an order of a district court suppressing evidence. 1 For pur poses of the appeal, two elements in the case are important. (1) The defendant filed his motion to suppress before he was indicted, but after a complaint was issued against him and after a commitment hearing before the United States Commissioner. (2) The…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Messenger v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. Perlman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. DiBella v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. United States v. Kenneth George MontosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  3. Lord v. KelleyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1963
  4. Jack W. McRae v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  5. Nelson Abshire v. Seacoast Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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