Legal Opinion
United States v. Garle A. Whitson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1978No. 77-2193PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*950GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Whitson was convicted of violating 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), possession of an unregistered firearm (a destructive device), and 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), destruction of a vehicle used in interstate commerce. He appeals.
Whitson was due to appear in court in Los Angeles on Monday, September 16, 1974, on charges related to his amphetamine business.1 Early that morning his van was blown up on a lonely road in the Big Sur area south of Monterey, California. The debris included expired credit cards and other items identified with Whitson.
Highway Patrol officers had stopped Whitson and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United States v. Victor Montano DislaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Grover Stanley Monholland and Orville Glenn RussellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Roberto Martinez, United States of America v. Roberto MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Robert Anthony Hickey, United States v. William Lloyd FerreiraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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