UNITED STATES v. JONES

No. 80-1600.

635 F.2d 1357 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Russell Dean JONES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian H. Miller, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Sheryl Ramstad Hvass, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dist. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, ADAMS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Russell Dean Jones was convicted on three charges of firearms violations and sentenced to a prison term of thirty months. On this direct appeal Jones contends that the district court erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless entry into his apartment. The district court held that the entry was justified by "exigent circumstances" that obviated the need to obtain a warrant. Since we do not believe...

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