United States v. Lillian Webb

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a pretrial order entered in the Eastern District of New York, Mark A. Costantino, District Judge, which suppressed and excluded on relevancy grounds, Fed.R.Evid. 401 and 402, three packets containing 99 grams of heroin confiscated by the government in connection with the warrantless arrest of appellee. The order is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings.

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