Legal Opinion
United States v. Ephriam McGlone United States of America v. Foster L. Dodson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1968No. 11730_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge;
Ephriam McGlone and Foster L. Dodson assail their convictions for theft from foreign shipment 1 upon the ground that essential evidence was obtained through unlawful search and seizure by a customs official. Finding no violation of their Fourth Amendment rights, we affirm the judgment of the district court. 2
The search and seizure took place when a Japanese merchant vessel, the HAGUROSAN MARU, was discharging cargo at Lambert’s Point Docks, Norfolk, Virginia. The ship’s manifest listed 1,000 transistor radios packed in 10 cartons shipped from Yokohama, Japan, to an…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Cooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Cleary v. BolgerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- United States v. Yves Glaziou and Rene L. A. LemieuxCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Michael David Jose Weil, AKA Michael James Gideon, and Stephen Eugene Looper, AKA Stephen LymeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Robert Scott Hill and Thomas Leroy LeonardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Jose Vidal Nieves and Maria Isabel FigueroaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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