UNITED STATES v. JEFFERS.

No. 3.

342 U.S. 48 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. JEFFERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beatrice Rosenberg argued the cause for the United States. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General McInerney and John F. Davis.

T. Emmett McKenzie argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was James K. Hughes.


MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Here we are faced with troublesome questions as to the exclusion from evidence, on motion of the accused, of contraband narcotics claimed by him which were seized on the premises of other persons in the course of a search without a warrant. On the basis of the seized narcotics, the accused, respondent here, was convicted of violation of the narcotics laws, 26 U. S. C. ...

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