HENRY v. UNITED STATES

No. 17.

361 U.S. 98 (1959)

HENRY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Calihan, Jr. argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Kirby W. Patterson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Wilkey and Beatrice Rosenberg.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner stands convicted of unlawfully possessing three cartons of radios valued at more than $100 which had been stolen from an interstate shipment. See 18 U. S. C. § 659. The issue in the case is whether there was probable cause for the arrest leading to the search that produced the evidence on which the conviction rests. A timely motion to suppress the evidence was made by

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