United States v. James Francis Melvin

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1979-04-13

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BOWNES, Circuit Judge (dissenting). The warrants which were issued for the search of defendant Melvin’s home and car were fatally defective in that no adequate showing of probable cause was made. The affidavit upon which the warrants were premised was facially insufficient 1 to meet the fourth amendment’s requirement that “no Warrants shall…

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