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UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 75-4372.

543 F.2d 1141 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles F. SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Nicholas Greenwood, Birmingham, Ala. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Wayman G. Sherrer, U.S. Atty., James C. Thomason, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Charles F. Smith appeals his conviction for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708, unlawful possession of stolen mail.1 He argues primarily that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized in the warrantless search of his car by police and a statement which Smith thereafter made to police. We affirm on the ground that Smith voluntarily consented to the search and voluntarily gave...

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