Legal Opinion
United States v. Maurice Abrams
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 22, 1980No. 16-2109PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
The issue before us is the validity of a search warrant. The government has appealed a suppression order of the United States District Court, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731.1 The court found the warrant invalid on two grounds:(1) that the magistrate was not given an opportunity to exercise his discretion on passing on the warrant because the affidavit failed to state that the information on which it was based was, for the most part, four or five years old; and(2) that the form of the warrant called for a general exploratory search.2
Since we affirm on the basis that the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by138 opinions
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- United States v. Leigh Raymond TamuraCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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