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Criminal Procedure Keyed to Dressler
Wong Sun v. United States
Citation:
371 U.S. 471, 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441.Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy*
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A man was arrested for possessing heroin and claimed that he bought it from defendant James Toy. Agents went to Toy’s laundromat and broke open the door. They placed Toy under arrest. There was neither reasonable grounds or probable cause for Toy’s arrest. A search of the premises uncovered no narcotics.
Toy told the agents that he had not been selling narcotics but he knew somebody who has. He led the officers to Johnny Yee’s house. Agents entered and found Johnny Yee in the bedroom. After a discussion with the agents, Yee surrendered several tubes containing less than one ounce of heroin. Yee there stated that the heroin had been brought to him earlier by defendant Toy and defendant Wong Sun.
Toy pointed out Wong Sun’s house for the agents. His wife answered the door and told the agents that Wong Sun was asleep. Seven officers entered the apartment. One of the officers went into the back room and brought petitioner Wong Sun from the bedroom in handcuffs. His arrest, also, was without probable cause or reasonable grounds. A thorough search of the apartment followed, but no narcotics were discovered.
All of the defendants were interrogated separately. Toy and Wong Sun made incriminating statements. At trial, the government admitted statements made orally by Toy in his bedroom at the time of his arrest, the incriminating statements made by Toy and Wong Sun, and the heroin surrendered by Johnny Yee. The defendants objected, arguing that the evidence was “fruit” of the unlawful arrests and searches, but the trial court overruled the objections.
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