Legal Opinion
Klee v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1931No. 6476PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.
The solo question presented in this appeal is whether the evidence upon which appellants were convicted was obtained through an illegal search and seizure of the dwelling house that they were occupying as asserted sublessees.
Before the trial, appellants moved to suppress all of the evidence against them, supporting their motion by affidavits. These affidavits set forth that on October 25, 1930, three prohibition agents entered their dwelling without a search warrant or other warrant, and, in the course of a search, seized a still and “accessories.”
The officers’ entry…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Byars v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Lessee of Ewing v. BurnetSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Cox v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- A. B. Small Co. v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Ewell v. DaggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. BlokCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- State v. PokiniHawaii Supreme Court · 1961
- Fink v. Montgomery Elevator Company of ColoradoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
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