Legal Opinion
Clio King v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1960No. 8075PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
The conviction of Clio King under an indictment charging a violation of the federal liquor laws, 1 rests entirely upon evidence taken from his home under a search warrant. The sole point on this appeal, which if sound is sufficient to require a reversal, is that the underlying affidavit was invalid and, hence, the search warrant was likewise invalid.
Accompanied by two federal enforcement officers, someone falsely representing herself as Ruth or Rutha Douglas appeared before a United States Commissioner and made an affidavit accusing Clio King of Red Springs, North…
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