Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Orville DUNAVAN, Defendant-Appellant; UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Edward MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1972-07-21
Citations: 464 F.2d 1166
Docket Number: Nos. 71-1378, 1379
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Orville DUNAVAN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Edward MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 464
Pages: 1166–1180

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Orville DUNAVAN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Edward MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 71-1378, 1379.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
July 21, 1972.
McAllister, Senior Circuit Judge, dissented and filed opinion.
Dale Quillen, Nashville, Tenn., for appellants.
Ira E. Parker, III, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Charles H. Anderson, U. S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.
Before WEICK and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
Upon consideration of the important Fourth Amendment issues involved in the above-styled appeal; and
Noting the uncertainty in the record in relation to critical facts referred to below,
The case is remanded to the District Court for such additional hearing and findings as may be required to answer the following question:
Whether the police knew that Dunavan had recovered consciousness and been released from the hospital 1) when they entered his motel room, and 2) when they opened the first brief case ?
Entered by order of the Court
/s/ JAMES A. HIGGINS
Clerk