United States v. Haas, Crim. A. No. 13571.
Decision Date | 29 December 1952 |
Docket Number | Crim. A. No. 13571. |
Citation | 109 F. Supp. 443 |
Parties | UNITED STATES v. HAAS. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
Irwin A. Swiss, Asst. U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.
Theodore L. Moritz, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.
This matter comes before the Court on motion to reinstate a petition for the suppression of evidence.
The issues raised were reviewed in an exhaustive opinion by this member of the court filed July 3, 1952 D.C., 106 F.Supp 295 and upon appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, said appeal was dismissed for want of an appealable order.1 United States of America v. Joseph A. Haas, No. 10841, filed October 7, 1952.
Nevertheless, since it is the practice of this Court to zealously safeguard the constitutional rights of defendants in criminal proceedings, the Court permitted defendant's counsel to renew his argument on matters which he felt had not received adequate consideration at the initial hearing.
Defendant's counsel premises his renewed argument on the limitations imposed upon searches by virtue of 39 U.S.C.A. § 700, providing as follows:
Defendant's counsel presses the argument that a postal inspector has no authority to enter the dwelling of a defendant to make searches thereof even though authorized to do so by the Postmaster General.
The Court does not dispute this reasoning. But defendant, in the instant case, as developed at the original hearing, voluntarily and willingly consented to the Postal Inspector entering his dwelling and, as...
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