UNITED STATES v. HODGES

No. 71-1052.

448 F.2d 1309 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald Eugene HODGES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

October 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Tansey, Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant; Eugene E. Siler, Jr., U. S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., Will Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., on brief.

Stephen T. McMurtry, Covington, Ky., (Court appointed), for appellee.

Before MILLER and KENT, Circuit Judges, and O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from an order of the district court granting appellee's pre-trial motion to suppress evidence in a pending criminal prosecution. Appellee had been indicted for possessing, causing to be delivered by mail and disposing of L.S.D. tablets in violation of applicable federal statutes. The suppressed evidence consisted of a letter, a box of L.S.D. tablets, and an envelope in which the letter and tablets had been mailed.<...

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