United States v. Ferris J. Alexander and Edward J. Alexander

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal comes to us from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (the Honorable Gunnar H. Nordbye) denying appellants’ motion for the suppression of evidence seized pursuant to three search warrants issued and executed on February 8, 1969, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The materials seized consisted substantially of booklets and films alleged to be obscene under 18 U.S.C. § 1462. 1 Of the six grounds for suppression presented to the district court, three are raised for our consideration: (1) whether under the facts of this case it was…