Legal Opinion

United States v. Walter Bridges

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 19, 1969No. 19624_1PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Walter Bridges was convicted under a two-count indictment; I, purchasing heroin other than in or from the orig-ina stamped package in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 4704(a), and II, receiving and concealing heroin knowing that it had been imported into the United States contrary ,to law in violation of 21 U.S. C.A. § 174. He was sentenced under the first count to imprisonment for five years and, under the second count to imprisonment for fifteen years, the sentences to run concurrently.

Bridges contends on appeal that the trial court erred in failing to suppress and…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MacOlinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. United States v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  3. United States v. Kelley Davis A/K/A Tee, in No. 71-1778, and Inez Davis. Appeal of Inez Davis, in No. 71-1779Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  4. United States v. Titus Thomas, AKA TeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. United States v. Susanne M. Hutchinson, United States of America v. Gordon EnnisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974

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