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· 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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