Robert Brett v. United States

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a conviction for unlawful importation, and unlawful facilitation of transportation and concealment, of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. The issues before us concern the validity of pre-arrest search warrants and the admissibility of evidence found in a warrantless search of appellant’s clothing three days after his arrest. We conclude that the search warrants *403were valid but that the search of appellant’s clothing without a warrant was invalid, requiring reversal.

1. The search warrants

On February 13, 1967 an anonymous informant telephoned…