United States v. Harold Wright

Appellant was convicted of grand larceny 1 of a Chevrolet Corvette transmission, found by police in appellant’s garage immediately before and at the time of his arrest. After an evidentiary hearing, appellant’s pretrial motion to suppress the transmission as evidence because of a violation of the Fourth Amendment by an alleged illegal search and seizure was denied. The sole issue on this appeal is the legality of the seizure in appellant’s garage of the stolen transmission and its introduction in evidence. We affirm.

I. Facts Relevant to the Issue Presented

All the events took place on 18 May…