Case Name: UNITED STATES of America v. Garland Alfonzo HARDY, Defendant
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1956-07-16
Citations: 160 F. Supp. 47
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES of America v. Garland Alfonzo HARDY, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement
Volume: 160
Pages: 47–47

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America v. Garland Alfonzo HARDY, Defendant.
United States District Court S. D. New York.
July 16, 1956.
See also, 159 F.Supp. 208.
Reuben Terris, New York City, for appellant.
John D. Roeder, Asst. U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for the United States.

Opinion:
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
On oral argument defendant relied exclusively on the alleged illegal arrest for the suppression of the physical evidence seized and the signed confession. His argument was that the John Doe warrant did not describe the defendant with any reasonable degree of certainty because defendant is in fact 6' 1" tall and the warrant describes him as about 5' 10". It was conceded that the other parts of defendant's description in the warrant fitted him. However, the motion papers raise other issues, viz., the voluntary character of the confession, whether the search was pursuant to a consent and the reasonableness of the time within which defendant was arraigned.
Since the question of the voluntary character of the confession raises issues of fact no determination of that issue will be made but left to the determination of the trial court. As to the legality of the arrest and the reasonableness of the time of arraignment under Rule 5, 28 U.S.C.A., those issues are decided adversely to defendant and his motion addressed thereto is denied.
This is an order. No settlement is necessary.