Legal Opinion
United States v. Sam Meredith Lawson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 14, 1973No. 73-1161PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The Government appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from an order of the District Court, entered after a hearing, 1 granting the defendant’s motion to suppress all evidence obtained as a result of an inventory search of an automobile. This is a case of first impression in this Circuit, presenting the question of the validity of an inventory search of an impounded vehicle.
The defendant, Sam Lawson, and a traveling companion, Lelia Fawcett, were arrested January 18, 1972, by local police officers in Aberdeen, South Dakota, on separate charges of passing insufficient…
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