Legal Opinion
Abel v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 28, 1960No. 2PublishedCited by 1,389 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
The question in this case is whether seven items were properly admitted into evidence at the petitioner’s trial for conspiracy to commit espionage. All seven items were seized by officers of the Government without a search warrant. The seizures did not occur in connection with the exertion of the criminal process against petitioner. They arose out of his administrative arrest by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service as a preliminary to his deportation. A motion to suppress these items as evidence, duly made in the District Court, was denied after a full hearing. 155 F.…
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