Legal Opinion
United States v. John Baird
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 7, 1997No. 96-1342PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This is a sentencing appeal. Appellant-John Baird is a former Philadelphia police officer who was assigned to the infamous 5 Squad of the 39th district. The 5 Squad was responsible for breaking up drug trafficking operations in an area of Philadelphia in which drug dealing has been epidemic. Instead of working to uphold the law, Baird, and those of his police officer colleagues who were also corrupt, systematically broke it. Over the course of a number of years, and in instances too numerous to chronicle here, they executed illegal searches, detained…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- United States v. WattsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by95 opinions
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