BALLOU v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

No. 6892.

403 F.2d 982 (1968)

Thomas J. BALLOU, Jr., Petitioner, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Certiorari Denied March 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Berry, III, Portland, Me., by appointment of the Court, with whom Gagan, Trynor, Berry & Cummings, Portland, Me., was on brief, for appellant.

Willie J. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Elliot L. Richardson, Atty. Gen., was on brief, for appellees.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, STALEY, Senior Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Circuit Judge.


Certiorari Denied March 10, 1969. See 89 S.Ct. 1024.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the district court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus presents a question of the propriety of police-conducted search of petitioner's person.

On September 14, 1965, at 12:45 p.m., Detective McLean received a telephone call at Boston Police Headquarters from an unidentified informant. The informant asked to speak with Detective-Sergeant Lynch, who had...

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