Legal Opinion
United States v. Cassity
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided April 2, 1985No. Crim. 77-80932PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FEIKENS, Chief Judge.
On August 11, 1978, a jury convicted defendants Larry Cassity, Stephen Lenk, Billy Sword, Terry Hines, and Raymond Dean for conspiracy to manufacture and manufacturing amphetamine. This decision was appealed twice and ultimately reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on the ground that the warrants obtained by police officers prior to installation and monitoring of three electronic homing transmitters (“beepers”) were invalid and, consequently, evidence obtained as a result should have been suppressed at trial. United States…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Kenneth KingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. BarkerDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1985
- United States v. Larry Wayne Cassity, (85-1408), Stephen Gordon Lenk, (85-1409)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Kenneth KingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000