UNITED STATES v. BERTUCCI

Nos. 75-1795 to 75-1797.

532 F.2d 1144 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph J. BERTUCCI, a/k/a Frank James Bertucci, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1976.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Bellows, William J. Harte, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Henry A. Schwarz, U. S. Atty., Robert Simpkins, Asst. U. S. Atty., E. St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.


JULIUS J. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge, Sitting by Designation.

These appeals by the defendants Joseph J. Bertucci, a/k/a Frank James Bertucci, Joseph A. Argento and Phillip F. Abbott, from their convictions for possession of stolen goods in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659 present the question of whether a warrantless search of a motor vehicle was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The district court denied the joint motion of the defendants to suppress evidence...

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