Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Alewelt v. United States

429 U.S. 840

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1976-10-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • building attached to premises specified in warrant held to be part of those premises, where door connected the two and the attached building was generally considered by witnesses to be part of the named premises
  • privacy expectations as to the pockets of a jacket diminished where jacket left on coat rack in "general work area"
  • adjacent separate apartment not specifically described in warrant was properly searched in light of the physical layout of the premises and use by the defendants
  • applying general “reasonableness” standard to govern grand jury subpoenas

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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.