Legal Opinion
United States v. D'Andrea
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 10, 2011No. 08-2455, 09-1018PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
Defendants-appellants Kendra D’Andrea and Willie Jordan separately appeal their convictions following conditional guilty pleas. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that the district court erred in denying defendants’ motions to suppress without an evidentiary hearing, vacate the judgments, and remand for an evidentiary hearing on the suppression motions.
I. The Facts
The following facts are essentially undisputed except as otherwise indicated. At around 6:30 p.m. on December 2, 2004, a woman (the “Tipster”) called the Judge Baker child abuse hotline of the…
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