WILLIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 22787.

370 F.2d 604 (1966)

Thomas WILLIS, Jr., and Albert Rance, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 16, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Gillespie, San Antonio, Tex., for appellants.

Andrew L. Jefferson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief Crim. Section, Reese L. Harrison, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Ernest Morgan, U. S. Atty., Western Dist. of Texas, San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and AINSWORTH and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The appellants were convicted of unlawful importation and knowing concealment of heroin in violation of Title 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. The only error asserted is the denial by the District Court of the appellants' motion to suppress evidence seized by customs officers in a search of appellants' car at the time of their arrest six miles from the Mexican border occurring minutes after appellants' re-entry into the United States. The evidence showed that the...

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