Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Lawrence Wellins
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1981No. 20-15044PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARROLL, District Judge.
The United States appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from an order suppressing evidence which was obtained through a “consent” search, and statements made by the defendant following that search.
At approximately 7:30 a. m. on Saturday, May 19, 1979, four agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were admitted to the hotel suite of Appellee, Richard Wellins, in Los Angeles, California. As they entered the sitting room three of the agents immediately conducted a “protective sweep” of the other rooms in the suite. The “protective sweep” produced a small…
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