United States v. Church

MEMORANDUM OPINION

H. FRANKLIN WATERS, District Judge.

Defendant, Don Lewis Church, a/k/a David Cooper, who was a fugitive from justice at the time, wanted in California for the alleged bombing of a Bank of America facility in 1972, was indicted by a federal grand jury for the Western District of Arkansas on three counts of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 21 U.S.C. § 844(a) (possession with intent to distribute controlled substances). After evidentiary hearings were held on defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained at and prior to his arrest, the court, by orders dated February 1 and…