· 3/19/1962
DiBella v. United States
Citations
- 369 U.S. 121
- 82 S. Ct. 654
- 7 L. Ed. 2d 614
- 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2331
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the denial of motion for return of forfeited property is a final, appealable order when the “motion [wa]s solely for return of property”
- acknowledging that suppression orders in criminal trials are \truly interlocutory\
- acknowledging that suppression orders in criminal trials are “truly interlocutory”
- “Orders granting or denying suppression in the wake of such proceedings are truly interlocutory, for the criminal trial is then fairly in train.”
- “[T]he delays and disruptions attendant upon intermediate appeal are especially inimical to the effective and fair administration of the criminal law.”
- federal government has no inherent right of appeal in criminal case, and grant of general appellate jurisdiction does not authorize such an appeal
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Judges: Frankfurter
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