United States v. Mejias

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

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On September 3, 1974, defendants Alberto Mejias, Alba Luz Valenzuela, Francisco Salazar and Francisco Padilla1 were arrested at approximately 5:20 p. m. in apartment IB at 445 West 48th Street where Mejias resided. Roughly some five hours later, a search warrant was brought to the apartment and a search of the premises and a personal search of the defendants took place. During the intervening five hours between defendants’ arrest and the arrival of the search warrant, defendants were held at the apartment in the custody of the arresting officer,…