Legal Opinion
United States v. Warren C. Hultgren, Jr., Fonda Gayle Hellums and Donald Thomas Rondinelli
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1983No. 82-1457PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation and an alleged precipitant arrest following the failure of a confidential informant’s transmitter during a drug deal. Appellants Warren G. Hultgren, Jr., and Donald T. Rondinelli challenge the district court’s denial of their motions to suppress the evidence seized pursuant to their warrantless arrests within the home of the third defendant to this appeal, Fonda G. Heliums. Further, appellants Hultgren and Heliums challenge their convictions on the ground that their indictments were…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by57 opinions
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