UNITED STATES v. DRAKE

No. 80-2327.

655 F.2d 1025 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Warren Dean DRAKE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marianne Wesson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo. (Joseph F. Dolan, U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo., with her on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen M. Munsinger, Denver, Colo. (Barbara L. Bader, Denver, Colo., with him on the brief) of Keene, Munsinger & Stuckey, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellee.

Before McKAY and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from a district court order dismissing an indictment against Warren Dean Drake, suppressing evidence, and ordering its return to defendant. Drake was charged with offering for sale and selling two American flamingos (phoenicopterus ruber) in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, specifically 16 U.S.C. §§ 703 and 707(b).

The issues on appeal are whether the trial judge erred in (1) dismissing...

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