David Henry Caldwell v. Hoyt C. Cupp, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary

OPINION

TANG, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the denial of a habe-as corpus petition in which Caldwell claims he was unlawfully arrested and searched in violation of the fourth amendment. The sole issue for our consideration is whether the failure of the district court to articulate the facts and reasoning for its decision denied Caldwell a full and fair hearing.

FACTS

Before his state court trial, appellant moved to suppress the introduction into evidence of a knife on the ground that it was the fruit of an unconstitutional search and arrest. The trial court held an eviden-tiary hearing on…