Legal Opinion
United States v. Ernest J. Cales, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1974No. 73-2931PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals the suppression of evidence in a prosecution for income-tax evasion. Because the trial court held the government to a reasonable-doubt standard rather than a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard on the motion to suppress, we remand the case for another hearing using the correct burden of proof.
Based upon leads discovered, in part, from an illegal wiretap, an investigation was made and, in due course, Cales was charged with income-tax evasion for the years 1970 and 1971. Cales’ motion to suppress contended that information obtained from…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. Joseph F. SchipaniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by43 opinions
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