UNITED STATES v. BURNETT

No. 75-2619 Summary Calendar.

526 F.2d 911 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hayward Lee BURNETT and Lee Arthur Demas, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. David Broiles, Fort Worth, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Burnett.

Frank D. McCown, U.S. Atty., Richard B. Vance, Michael P. Carnes, Asst. U.S. Attys., Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Hayward Burnett and Lee Demas were each convicted on two counts of uttering and possessing counterfeit obligations in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472. The dispositive argument on appeal is whether the trial judge improperly admitted evidence which was the product of arrests and searches conducted in violation of the fourth amendment.1 We hold that the evidence was correctly admitted because it was obtained by a proper search...

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