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UNITED STATES v. POWERS

No. 14787.

439 F.2d 373 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Armon Doss POWERS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Lee Brawley, Wilmington, N. C., court-appointed counsel (Marshall, Williams & Gorham, Wilmington, N. C., on brief) for appellant.

J. C. Proctor, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Warren H. Coolidge, U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Claiming that a warrantless inspection of an automobile's confidential identification number was an illegal search, Armon Doss Powers appeals his conviction of violating the Dyer Act [18 U.S.C. § 2312]. We hold that when there is a legitimate reason to identify a motor vehicle, inspection of its confidential number is not an unreasonable search, and we affirm.

On the night of November 4, 1969, Powers was arrested for speeding and...

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