Legal Opinion
United States v. Basiliko
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 29, 1943No. 140PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Associate Judge.
The Government appeals from an order quashing a warrant of arrest in a disorderly house case. Defendant’s motion to quash charged that the warrant was unauthorized, issued in violation of law, defective and void. The trial judge after hearing, decided that the affidavit on which the warrant was issued was insufficient, granted the motion to quash, and discharged the defendant.
Two questions are presented on this appeal: (1) The question of jurisdiction, involving also the appealability of the order, and (2) the sufficiency of the affidavit upon which the warrant was…
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