Legal Opinion

Joseph L. Smayda and Wendell H. Gunther v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 17, 1966No. 19156_1PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge.

Smayda and Gunther were convicted of violating the “Assimilative Crimes” Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13.1 The offense was committed within Yosemite National Park, concededly a place of the type referred *252to in the section and in 18 U.S.C. § 7. The crime, oral copulation, is made punishable by the California Penal Code, Section 288a. Both defendants appeal. Their attack upon the judgment is based entirely upon their claim that all of the evidence against them was obtained in violation of their rights as defined in the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution:

“The right of the people to…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  4. United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. United States v. HalseyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
  3. United States v. SaccoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
  4. United States v. Edward J. Fisch, Ivan L. GlasscockCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
  5. State v. PilcherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976

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