U.S. v. CLUTCHETTE

No. 93-5511.

24 F.3d 577 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gregory Wayne CLUTCHETTE, a/k/a Black Blackstone, a/k/a Al Qawi, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph Harrison Young, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, MD, for appellant. Arthur Reynolds, Washington, DC, for appellee. ON BRIEF: Gary P. Jordan, U.S. Atty., Raymond A. Bonner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, MD, for appellant.

Before POWELL, Associate Justice (Retired), United States Supreme Court, sitting by designation, and HALL and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge K.K. HALL wrote the opinion, in which Justice POWELL and Judge WILKINSON joined.

OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals an order suppressing evidence seized pursuant to a warrant applied for by state authorities and issued by a state judge over the telephone. We hold that the officers acted in good faith reliance on the validity of the warrant, and we reverse the suppression order...

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