Legal Opinion
United States v. Erma Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1978No. 77-5234PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Erma Smith, was convicted after a bench trial of possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance (heroin), in violation of 21 U.S.C.' § 841(a)(1). The issues raised on appeal are whether the district court should have granted Appellant’s motion to suppress the heroin for the reason that it was the fruit of an illegal stop by a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent or because it was the fruit of a warrantless search for which her consent was coerced. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
On November 3,1975, DEA Agent James Seward was on general…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- United States v. Douglas T. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- State v. WilliamsOhio Supreme Court · 1990
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