Legal Opinion
Mervin Green v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 12, 1958No. 14378_1PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANAHER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted on two counts involving violations of the narcotics laws. He has appealed, urging as error the District Court’s denial of his motion for the suppression of 229 capsules containing heroin seized from his person as an incident to his arrest. The whole case turns on the circumstances under which the officers acted.
On August 26, 1957, about 11:15 A.M., two detectives in plain clothes assigned to the narcotics squad of the Metropolitan Police Department were engaged in the investigation of narcotic activities. Slowly cruising in an unmarked car in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Rhinelda M. Bell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Earl E. Vick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- United States v. HeitnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Ellison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Jesse James Gilbert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Patrick H. DavisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Ziyad Abu Eain v. Peter Wilkes, United States Marshal for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Melvin L. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Jim B. Edmonds v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
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