Legal Opinion
United States v. Harvey Willard Merriweather
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1985No. 85-3028PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Merriweather appeals his conviction on several counts of bank robbery and illegal possession of a firearm. He contends, inter alia, that the police secured evidence supporting a search warrant by an illegal arrest of Merriweather’s associate, and that the money stolen from the bank should have been suppressed because it was initially discovered by an admittedly illegal search. We hold that the arrest of the associate was legal and that the money was rediscovered by independent means pursuant to a valid search warrant. Accordingly we affirm.
FACTS
On July 12, 1984, one…
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