Legal Opinion
George McCreary v. Maurice Sigler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1969No. 18907PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from a post conviction petition for a federal writ of ha-beas corpus challenging the validity of the conviction of a Nebraska state prisoner on grounds that the evidence used against him was obtained by an illegal search in contravention of the Fourteenth Amendment. The federal district court held an evidentiary hearing on the issues presented and denied the writ. The district court found it unnecessary to pass upon the validity of the actual search warrant issue, since it found that the search was made with the voluntary consent of the owner. Upon a motion…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by116 opinions
- United States v. Willie H. DennisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Martin F. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States v. James Henry Rollins, A/K/A "Lee Evans"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States v. John J. BrennanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. James Ernest ManningCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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