Robert L. Thomas, Appellant, v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary, Appellee, 350 F.2d 395 (4th Cir. 1965)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - 350 F.2d 395 (4th Cir. 1965) Argued July 2, 1965. Decided July 6, 1965

Benjamin L. Brown, Baltimore, Md. (Court-assigned counsel) (Howard & Hargrove, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Robert F. Sweeney, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland (Thomas B. Finan, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.


The question, involving an asserted illegal seizure of evidence followed by a guilty plea in a proceeding which became final before Mapp,1  is resolved by the Supreme Court's recent decision in Linkletter.2 

Affirmed.

 1

Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 81 S. Ct. 1684, 6 L. Ed. 2d 1081

 2

Linkletter v. Walker, 85 S. Ct. 1731

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