UNITED STATES v. MARTIN

No. 81-5132.

690 F.2d 416 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Beckham MARTIN, III, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna J. Katos, Fred A. Talbot, Richmond, Va. (Murray J. Janus, Bremner, Baber & Janus, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Marvin J. Caughman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Columbia, S. C. (Henry Dargan McMaster, U. S. Atty., Columbia, S. C., Helen Melissa Rawl, Second Year Law Student on brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and KISER, District Judge.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Following the seizure of approximately 17,000 pairs of blue jeans from two trucks pursuant to a warrant that was based in part on an informant's tip, Beckham Martin, III, was convicted by a jury for transporting stolen goods in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 2314. At a pre-trial suppression hearing, Martin argued that the search was unconstitutional because the government had failed to establish the requisite...

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