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UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 18811.

409 F.2d 113 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Edward THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 4, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harold Ellis, Memphis, Tenn., for appellant.

Bart C. Durham, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for appellee; Thomas L. Robinson, U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., Fred M. Vinson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, D. C., on brief.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and PECK, Circuit Judges.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

The only issue presented in this case — a difficult one — is whether or not the arrest of appellant and the subsequent search of his car were violations of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This issue was tried on appellant's motion to suppress evidence (the 30 gallons of non-tax-paid corn whiskey which was found in the trunk of his car). A District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Western...

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