JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 20621.

328 F.2d 883 (1964)

Ophelia JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. H. Myerson, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Samuel S. Jacobson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and JONES and BELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of possessing distilled spirits having no stamps affixed thereto in violation of Title 26 U.S.C.A. § 5604(a) (1), after having waived jury trial.

She was arrested after agents chased the car which she was driving through a part of downtown Jacksonville at high rates of speed with the siren on the agent's car in operation. The whiskey in question was in her car at the time. The agents followed her car from a house which...

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