HOBSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 15365.

226 F.2d 890 (1955)

Evans HOBSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solbert M. Wasserstrom, Kansas City, Mo. (Francis L. Roach, Kansas City, Mo., was with him on the brief), for appellant.

Paul R. Shy, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo. (Edward L. Scheufler, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., was with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before JOHNSEN, COLLET, and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Evans Hobson, hereinafter referred to as defendant, appeals from final judgment of conviction upon an indictment charging that he did willfully conceal and possess a narcotic drug, to-wit, heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. The case was tried to the court, the defendant having waived a jury trial. Before the trial and again at the trial the defendant moved to suppress as evidence heroin which the defendant claimed...

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