Legal Opinion
United States v. Dominic Tortorello
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 1, 1976No. 775, Docket 75-1376PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Lloyd F. MacMahon, Judge, suppressing certain stolen coffee as well as certain statements of the defendant Dominic Tortorello (“Tortorello”) as evidence against him at trial.
On April 25, 1973, Frank Hoffman (“Hoffman”) and Tortorello, while driving a van containing some 50 boxes of allegedly stolen coffee, were apprehended in Brooklyn by New York City police officers. The next day both suspects gave statements in the Brooklyn…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by51 opinions
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