Legal Opinion
United States v. Lawrence David Ramapuram
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1980No. 79-5051PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
A jury convicted Lawrence David Ramapuram under a one count indictment for violating 18 U.S.C. § 842(h).1 The charge arose from a theft from a cemetery bunker of fifty pounds of dynamite. The principal issue raised on appeal is whether the district court erred in overruling Ramapuram’s motion to suppress evidence allegedly obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures.2 Ramapuram also seeks reversal on the grounds that the district court erred in its instructions to the jury and in concluding that it had jurisdiction…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by74 opinions
- United States v. RusherCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. ManbeckCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Cyrus Jonathan GeorgeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. HenselCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Lee Ronald StevensonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005
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