Julius Johnson v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Julius Johnson v. United States, 283 F.2d 771 (5th Cir. 1960)
Per Curiam, Rives, Tuttle, Wisdom

Julius Johnson v. United States

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This appeal from conviction on a charge of illegal possession and transportation of nontaxpaid whiskey attacks only the ruling of the trial court in refusing to suppress the evidence. We have no hesitation in saying that the information received by the officers as to the identity of the automobile and the strong suspicion that it contained bootleg liquor communicated to them by others who had seen and appraised the evidence was sufficient to warrant the arrest and search of appellant’s car. Here there is no doubt that the facts that had come to the attention of the officers were “sufficient, in the circumstances, to lead a reasonably discreet and prudent man to believe that liquor [was] illegally possessed in the automobile to be searched.” Husty v. United States, 282 U.S. 694, 51 S.Ct. 240, 242, 75 L.Ed. 629.

The judgment is affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Julius JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published