Legal Opinion

United States of America Ex Rel. George Combs v. J. E. La Vallee, Warden, Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, New York,respondent-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided October 22, 1969No. 678, Docket 32391PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

George Combs appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denying his application for a writ of ha-beas corpus. We affirm.

The only question on this appeal is the legality, under the fourth and fourteenth amendments, of the seizure of certain evidence.

Appellant was convicted of robbery in the second degree upon a plea of guilty in Supreme Court, New York County. Before pleading guilty, appellant moved to suppress the introduction of the seized evidence. A suppression hearing was held at which the following facts were…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Robert William Gorman v. United States of America, Edward Terrence Roche v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
  5. United States v. Ruth SmithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. United States v. Edward Mapp, A/K/A Sonny WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
  2. United States v. PetersonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
  3. United States v. LemonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  4. State v. WitherspoonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
  5. United States v. Robert Singleton, Alias Popeye, Charles William Mosby. Appeal of Charles William MosbyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971

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