Legal Opinion
United States v. John Everett Gattie and Thomas Walter Bailey
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1975No. 74--1048PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This double appeal from a double conviction tests the legality of those convictions on a number of grounds — the most potentially troublesome of these arising in the always perplexing search and seizure area but since our view of the law and facts in the case make the constitutional validity of the search an unnecessary question we affirm.
The facts are uncontested and relatively simple. Oh June 17, 1973 customs officers, acting on a tip received earlier that day, observed a Cessna 206 aircraft over Homestead, Florida and followed it in their own aircraft until it…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Titus Thomas, AKA TeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- A. C. Park v. H. T. (Tommy) HuffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- United States v. Robert E. Nims and Laurence L. Lagarde, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. VentoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- United States v. James Anthony GrantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Capers v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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