UNITED STATES v. ALSTON

Crim. No. 1522-69.

311 F.Supp. 296 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America v. Elby ALSTON.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Grafman, Asst. U. S. Atty., for the United States.

John H. Treanor, Jr., Washington, D. C., for defendant Alston.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GESELL, District Judge.

Defendant moved to suppress a check the police took from his wallet and the proffered testimony of the complaining witness located from the name on the check. He asserts that the seizure of the check was illegal and that subsequent testimony from the witness is tainted by that illegality under the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine.

Testimony was taken at a hearing. The proof showed that defendant was...

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