SPINELLI v. UNITED STATES

No. 8.

393 U.S. 410 (1969)

SPINELLI v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irl B. Baris argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Joseph J. Connolly argued the cause for the United States, pro hac vice. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Vinson, Beatrice Rosenberg, and Sidney M. Glazer.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

William Spinelli was convicted under 18 U. S. C. § 19521 of traveling to St. Louis, Missouri, from a nearby Illinois suburb with the intention of conducting gambling activities proscribed by Missouri law. See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 563.360 (1959). At every appropriate stage in the proceedings in the lower courts, the petitioner challenged the constitutionality of the warrant which...

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