UNITED STATES v. LAING

No. 75-1727.

538 F.2d 83 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Malchus George LAING, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Robinson, Jr., Norfolk, Va., Court-appointed (Mason, Moore, & Robinson, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Edward R. Baird, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Norfolk, Va. (William B. Cummings, U.S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Malchus George Laing was convicted by a jury on a charge of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d), and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twenty years. He contends that his conviction should be reversed because the district court erred in admitting evidence which he claims was the product of an unlawful search.

According to the Government's evidence, four police officers were on routine patrol in Portsmouth, Virginia, when an informer...

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