CERVANTES v. UNITED STATES

No. 15785.

263 F.2d 800 (1959)

Luis L. CERVANTES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 21, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis D. Hannawalt, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Luis L. Cervantes, Steilacoom, Wash., in pro. per.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Peter J. Hughes, Robert John Jensen, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BONE, POPE, and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

Luis L. Cervantes appeals from his conviction on three counts of illegally importing, transporting, and concealing narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. The one question presented is whether narcotics and a hypodermic syringe, received in evidence over appellant's objection, were obtained by an illegal search and seizure.

The facts having to do with the search and seizure are not in dispute. On September 27, 1955, Kenneth...

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