Legal Opinion
United States v. Ezell
United States Court of Military Appeals
Decided April 9, 1979No. Nos. 31,304, 32,414, 33,326, 33,679; CM 432699, SPCM 11087, NCM 76-0838, ACM 22036PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PERRY, Judge:
We granted review in these cases to consider identical claims, made by the appellants, that evidence leading to their convictions was seized during searches authorized by commanding officers who, by reason of their involvement in ferreting out evidence of crime, were not neutral and detached magistrates and that hence the evidence was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. A further claim is made that military commanders are inherently devoid of neutrality and detachedness because of a conflict between their attendant duties…
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