UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 72-1341.

468 F.2d 381 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William James SMITH and Joseph Lee Tillery. Appeal of Joseph Lee TILLERY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nino V. Tinari, Lorch, Ryan, Peruto & Vitullo, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Henry J. Horstmann, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Carl J. Melone, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, ADAMS and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This appeal questions the validity of an arrest and search which yielded certain "bait bills" resulting in appellant's conviction on a bank robbery charge. The arrest was claimed by agents to be under authority of a warrant for bond default issued in Washington, D. C. That warrant was later found to be a fugitive bench warrant pertaining to a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon. The issues raised here are (1) whether a...

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