Legal Opinion
Ella Mae Work v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 16, 1957No. 13241_1PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
Trial by jury having been waived, appellant was convicted by a District Judge on the second count of an indictment for violation of 35 Stat. 614 (1909), as amended, 21 U.S.C. § 174 (1952), 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, concealing narcotics known to have been illegally imported.
Before trial she moved under Rule 41 (e), Fed.Rules Crim.Proc., 18 U.S.C., for the suppression as evidence of a phial containing pills. The motion was denied, and the phial and contents were admitted in evidence as a material part of the proof against her. The circumstances in which these articles came into the…
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