Legal Opinion
In Re Search Warrant for Second Floor Bedroom
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided May 9, 1980No. 80-0018M-01PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
On April 3, 1980, the government applied for a search warrant to seize certain carpeting from the home of Edward P. Manning, the Speaker of the State House of Representatives. The application was supported by the affidavit of W. Dennis Aiken, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A federal magistrate issued the search warrant, which was returned on April 7. Also on April 7, the United States Attorney moved to seal and impound Aiken’s affidavit, claiming that its disclosure would frustrate an on-going grand jury investigation. At an ex…
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