UNITED STATES v. GARRETT

Crim. No. H-80-50.

495 F.Supp. 159 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America v. Charles Richard GARRETT, Herman Tinkle and Jerry O. Nelson.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

July 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. A. "Tony" Canales, U. S. Atty. by Michol O'Connor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Charles Szekely, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for Garrett.

Robert A. Shults, Houston, Tex., for Tinkle.

Robert S. Bennett, Houston, Tex., for Nelson.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CIRE, District Judge.

Currently before the Court are the various defendants' motions to suppress evidence. Defendants claim that the evidence was obtained pursuant to an illegal arrest and hence is excludable as "fruit of the poisonous tree." Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441 (1963). Defendants are all charged with conspiring to obstruct justice, 18 U.S.C. §...

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