Legal Opinion

Evans Hobson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 15, 1955No. 18-2360PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Evans Hobson, hereinafter referred to as defendant, appeals from final judgment of conviction upon an indictment charging that he did willfully conceal and possess a narcotic drug, to-wit, heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. The case was tried to the court, the defendant having waived a jury trial. Before the trial and again at the trial the defendant moved to suppress as evidence heroin which the defendant claimed was obtained by means of an unlawful search and seizure. The defendant at the close of the Government’s evidence and again at the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BorgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Commonwealth v. ShoatzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. People v. LoriaNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
  5. City of St. Paul v. VaughnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975

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