Legal Opinion
United States v. Magda
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 9, 1976No. 75 Cr. 942PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.
OPINION
On the afternoon of September 5, 1975, New York City Patrolman Saverio Alesi arrested the defendant, Vincent Anthony Magda, for possession of a marijuana cigarette. At the time of his arrest Magda also had on his person an unloaded 9mm. Browning automatic revolver and a “demand note,” the text of which is set out in the margin. 1 Handwriting analysis of the note linked Magda to the robbery of the United Mutual Savings Bank, 20 Union Square, New York City, for which he was indicted on September 25, 1975 (75 Cr. 942), 2 and apparently pointed to his…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Vincent Anthony MagdaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SumerlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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- United States v. Vincent Anthony MagdaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976