RUSSELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 25454.

396 F.2d 771 (1968)

Floyd Lavon RUSSELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd B. Chaite, Macon, Ga., for appellant; Westmoreland & Patterson, Macon, Ga., of counsel.

Manley F. Brown, Asst. U. S. Atty., Floyd M. Buford, U. S. Atty., D. L. Rampey, Jr., Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge and BELL, Circuit Judge, and HOOPER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a conviction of possession of counterfeit currency in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 472. The District Court denied a motion to suppress a number of counterfeit twenty dollar bills and that denial is the basis of this appeal.

Appellant, a truck driver, gave a ride to a Mr. Wall on the day of appellant's arrest. Appellant had given Wall two counterfeit twenty dollar bills while riding from Statesboro to Macon. Wall reported...

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