UNITED STATES v. REED

Nos. 486, 487, Dockets 77-1319, 77-1320.

572 F.2d 412 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nancy REED and Morris Goldsmith, a/k/a "Marlowe," Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Greenberg, New York City (Robert S. Markfield, New York City, of counsel), for appellant Reed.

Helena Pichel Solleder, New York City, for appellant Goldsmith.

Minna Schrag, Asst. U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y. (Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert B. Mazur, Audrey Strauss, Asst. U. S. Attys., S. D. N. Y., New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Before FEINBERG and MESKILL, Circuit Judges, and BARTELS, District Judge.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the important and oft-reserved question whether and under what circumstances federal law enforcement officers may enter the home of a suspect in order to effect a felony arrest for which they have statutory authority and probable cause but no warrant. After a six-day jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Frederick van Pelt Bryan, Judge, Nancy Reed and Morris Goldsmith...

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