This document is a court case summary from 1965. It summarizes a case where Robert L. Thomas appealed his conviction claiming illegal seizure of evidence. The court affirmed the conviction, citing the Supreme Court decision in Linkletter that the exclusionary rule from Mapp v. Ohio does not apply retroactively to cases that were finalized before Mapp. The summary is only 3 sentences.
This document is a court case summary from 1965. It summarizes a case where Robert L. Thomas appealed his conviction claiming illegal seizure of evidence. The court affirmed the conviction, citing the Supreme Court decision in Linkletter that the exclusionary rule from Mapp v. Ohio does not apply retroactively to cases that were finalized before Mapp. The summary is only 3 sentences.
This document is a court case summary from 1965. It summarizes a case where Robert L. Thomas appealed his conviction claiming illegal seizure of evidence. The court affirmed the conviction, citing the Supreme Court decision in Linkletter that the exclusionary rule from Mapp v. Ohio does not apply retroactively to cases that were finalized before Mapp. The summary is only 3 sentences.
v. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, Appellee. No. 9934.
United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.
Argued July 2, 1965. Decided July 6, 1965.
Benjamin L. Brown, Baltimore, Md. (Court-assigned counsel) [Howard &
Hargrove, Baltimore, Md., on brief], for appellant. Robert F. Sweeney, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland (Thomas B. Finan, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief), for appellee. Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, District Judge. PER CURIAM.
The question, involving an asserted illegal seizure of evidence followed by a
guilty plea in a proceeding which became final before Mapp,1 is resolved by the Supreme Court's recent decision in Linkletter.2
Affirmed.
Notes: 1
Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 81 S.Ct. 1684, 6 L.Ed.2d 1081
Ralph D. Lambert and Margot Lambert, Ernest J. Henley and Barbara M. Henley, Martha Henley v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 338 F.2d 4, 2d Cir. (1964)
Carl A. Wetherbee and John H. Tyler v. Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line, Incorporated, For Itself and As Owner and of The Tug Carolina, 374 F.2d 1002, 4th Cir. (1967)
North American Loan & Thrift Company No. 2 (Now Known As North American Finance Corporation of Fulton County) v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 319 F.2d 132, 4th Cir. (1963)