UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 71-1763.

463 F.2d 70 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mose Clair JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff R. Laird, First Asst. U.S. Atty. (William R. Burkett, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Rollie D. Thedford, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellee.

Before BREITENSTEIN, SETH and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, the government appeals from orders of the district court suppressing evidence and dismissing the indictment. The defendant was charged with possession of counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472. The issue hinges on the reasonableness of a search of a passenger in an automobile which had been stopped for violation of an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ordinance.

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