Wilson v. Schnettler

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1961-04-17

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Mr. Justice Whittaker delivered the opinion of the Court. Respondents, who are federal narcotics agents, arrested petitioner without a warrant in Cook County, Illinois, and, in the course of an incidental search, found narcotic drugs on his person which they seized. Respondents then delivered petitioner to the Cook County authorities who confined him in the county jail. In due course, the county grand jury retu…

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