Legal Opinion
Rutledge v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 5, 1971No. 5819PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
Appellant appeals from judgments of conviction of possessing hashish 1 and the implements of crime (narcotics paraphernalia) 2 for which he received suspended sentences. He asserts that the evidence of these crimes introduced against him at trial before the court sitting without a jury should have been suppressed because they had been seized from his apartment pursuant to an invalid search warrant issued by the United States Magistrate.
Specifically, appellant argues that the affidavit supporting the Government’s application for the search warrant was insufficient…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. AverellDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. RomanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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