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WOOD v. HODNETT

Civ. A. No. 74-C-10-L.

377 F.Supp. 740 (1974)

Wendell Massie WOOD, Petitioner, v. Charlie HODNETT, Sheriff of the County of Campbell, Virginia, Respondent.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Lynchburg Division.

May 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. McClenny, Jr., Amherst Va., for petitioner.

E. Bruce Harvey, Commonwealth Atty., Campbell County, Rustburg, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus questions the propriety of admitting into evidence, at petitioner's trial for receipt of stolen property, a stolen shotgun obtained by police officers from petitioner's wife. Petitioner contends that the gun was illegally seized without a warrant and, consequently, the gun and any subsequent incriminating statements by him were the "fruits" of an unconstitutional search...

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