Legal Opinion
United States v. Merritts
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided January 14, 1975No. Crim. 74-115-EPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FOREMAN, District Judge:
Defendants Charles Merritts, Sr., and Donald Hodges, currently under a one-count indictment for violations of 18 U. S.C. § 2 and § 1952, have filed Motions to Suppress certain electronic eavesdropping.
Merritts is President of the School B&ard District 189, East St. Louis, Illinois. He is charged with causing and Hodges is charged with aiding and abetting Merritts in causing the use of an interstate facility with the intent to commit a crime of violence, that is, to cause the death of Clyde Jordan, another member of School Board 189, to further an illegal activity…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Stamatiou v. United States Gypsum CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975
- United States v. Charles Merritts, Sr., and Donald HodgesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- State v. PetersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976