Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Winfield West
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 21, 1972No. 71-1687PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
We are here confronted with the novel and intriguing question whether, when an owner of an automobile, at the behest of the police, searches that automobile for a gun alleged to belong to another, the Fourth Amendment has been violated.
The matter arises as the result of an appeal by the Government from an order of the district court, 328 F.Supp. 545, suppressing the introduction into evidence of a shotgun on the ground it is the product of an illegal search. The precise issue is whether it was proper to suppress the shotgun the defendant was charged…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- People v. ChastainSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
- United States v. Jasper Junior MoodyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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