Legal Opinion
United States v. Reynolds
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 11, 1953No. Cr. 1869-52PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES F. McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
After entering a plea of not guilty to a two count indictment charging them with violating the federal narcotic -laws, 1 the defendants seasonably moved to have certain evidence suppressed which was seized from their home during a search of the premises by officers of the Metropolitan Police Department on October 31, 1952. Their contention is that there was lack of probable cause to issue a search warrant; therefore since the search was illegal, the evidence seized is inadmissible.
The warrant was issued upon an affidavit of a detective assigned to the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Nueslein v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. BrownUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1959
- United States v. JohnsonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1953
- Lerner v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- United States v. CastleDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955
- United States v. Office No. 508 Ricou-Brewster Bldg.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1954
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