Legal Opinion

United States v. Howard Elliott Berkus

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 30, 1970No. 20096PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Appeal is made to this court from a judgment of conviction for the possession of LSD in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 331 (q) (3) (A) (Supp.1970). The narrow issue on review is whether the district court, the Honorable Earl R. Larson presiding, erred in overruling defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence seized pursuant to the search warrant. We affirm the judgment.

The defendant, Howard Berkus, was arrested at 12:05 a. m., March 24, 1969, at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport upon his arrival on a flight from San Francisco. A search warrant had been issued on…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. George McCreary v. Maurice SiglerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  5. State v. BurchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  2. James Thomas Frazier v. Ralph Roberts, Superintendent of the Cummins Farm Unit of the Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
  3. United States v. Clarence HillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  4. United States v. Alfonso AcostaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. Gilbert John Gaugler v. Joseph Brierley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973

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