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ASSOCIATE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, O.C. 26530 March 25, 1975 Snmtp do ange \\-4 - ‘EHORANDUM FOR: Edwaré H. Levi ne Attorney General FROM: - Jonathan C. Rose - ' Associate Deputy Attorney General; -:° -Director, Office of Justice Policy & Planning SUBJECT: Forcible Entry cf an Alexanéria Residence bv the FBI to Execute an Arrest Marrant Upon Patricia Hearst . . You have requested the views of this Office upon meno- _,xanda sent to you by the Director of the Federei Bureau of Investigation on March 19 and March 21. The Ihemorandun of March 19 sets forth the facts surrounding the forcible entry _ DSy the FBI of a residence in Alexandria in order to execute an arrest warrant upon Patricia Hearst. ‘The memoranéur of March 21 discusses the legal authority for: (1) entry 22 © premises to execute an arrest warrent: anc (2) forcible entry in circumstances where admittance is denied. I. Klexandria Incident ae aS SE SEE Under relevant federal case daw, law enforcement acthor ties may not enter the premises of a third party to exes arrest warrant unless they have probable cause to believe tha the subject of the warrant is on the premises. 2/ In oar Judgment the information contained in the March 1° F8 memo- “¥andum dic not constitute probable cause to believe Patty - 17 cr fy = 5) fu pe cr J a Se Hearst was located in the searched Alexandria premises _ (649 Notabene Drive, “partment 10). The remsrandum stetes that the warrantless search was based uoSon an anonymous telephone tip from a source of unknown reliubility to thea Alexandria police. The informant stated that Hearst had been in Apartment 10 for the past week or ten @ays; that she had | her hair cut; and that she was with one of her California associates. 2/ , ‘ms me em ee cont... or adotts Vat Tee.