UNITED STATES v. SIMS

No. 15427.

450 F.2d 261 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Phillip SIMS, aka Phillip Simon, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Camilletti, U. S. Atty., for appellant.

John Marshall, III, for appellee.

Before BRYAN, WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

The suppression by the District Court of an automatic pistol, ammunition and an attache case containing several thousand dollars, taken without a warrant from the person of Phillip Sims at a West Virginia airport in February 1970, and intended to be used in his prosecution for transporting stolen property interstate, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314, is now appealed by the Government, 18 U.S.C. § 3731. We hold the appeal good...

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