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UNITED STATES v. MOSCHETTA

Nos. 80-5270, 80-5475.

646 F.2d 955 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Matthew J. MOSCHETTA and Edward M. Spieler, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Matthew J. MOSCHETTA, Edward M. Spieler and Gerald Deutsch, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

June 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin R. Raskin, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Miami, Fla., Theodore G. Gilinsky, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Neal R. Sonnett, Miami, Fla., for Matthew Moschetta.

Steadman S. Stahl, Jr., Joseph A. Varon, Hollywood, Fla., for Edward Spieler.

Joseph S. Paglino, Miami, Fla., for Gerald Deutsch.

Before DYER, TJOFLAT and FAY, Circuit Judges.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, the United States of America, seeks reversal of the District Court's affirmation of the Magistrate's report and recommendation for the suppression of evidence seized by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms from appellee's, Edward Spieler, automobile. Finding that the warrantless search of the trunk of the automobile was proper, that exigent circumstances justified the warrantless search of a briefcase in that trunk,...

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