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UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

Nos. 81-2838, 81-2839.

690 F.2d 60 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant in 81-2838, v. Howard U. JOHNSON, Appellant in 81-2839.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1982.

Certiorari Denied February 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony G. Flynn (Argued), Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., for Howard U. Johnson.

Peggy L. Ableman (Argued), Theopalis K. Gregory, Asst. U. S. Attys., Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., U. S. Atty., D. Delaware, Wilmington, Del., for United States of America.

Before ADAMS and WEIS, Circuit Judges and BLOCH, District Judge.

Certiorari Denied February 22, 1983. See 103 S.Ct. 1212.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals from the suppression of evidence obtained by police acting under a search warrant. The district judge found that the warrant was too general, reasoning that the words "a crime" and "a criminal offense" in the printed form failed to limit the search to evidence of a particular violation. After reviewing the warrant as a whole,...

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