Big wins are so rare for defense lawyers in federal court that a victory can generate a lot of buzz -- sometimes even earning a nickname. A recent 3rd Circuit case has come to be known as "the Candygram case" -- a reference to a classic "Saturday Night Live" skit from the 1970s. The majority held that evidence of drugs in a hotel room should have been suppressed because police had used "subterfuge" to gain entry by falsely claiming that they were first "room service," then maintenance workers.
March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Big wins are so rare for criminal defense lawyers in federal court that one good victory can generate a lot of buzz — sometimes even earning a nickname.
For attorney Jeffrey M. Lindy, the Feb. 13 decision in United States v. Coles from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was just such a case and has come to be known among the defense bar as “the Candygram case.”
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