UNITED STATES v. POLESTI

No. 73-1294.

489 F.2d 822 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miklos POLESTI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald P. Alwin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., William T. Huyck and Terry M. Gordon, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KILEY and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, District Judge.


KILEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Miklos Polesti, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess, and possession of, a large number of cartons of Scotch whiskey stolen from interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. We affirm.

The first contention made by Polesti is that there was no probable cause basis for his warrantless arrest. We see no merit in the contention.

Sergeant Curin of the Chicago Police Department was notified by the...

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