United States v. Gillis

GRANGER, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possessing 452 grams of marijuana. He contends that the marijuana was seized during an unlawful search of his automobile, that the fruits of this search were inadmissible as evidence, and that his conviction, predicated upon this unlawful evidence, must be set aside. We find the search lawful, and we affirm the findings and sentence.

An anonymous telephone call to the desk sergeant of the military police at Marine *571Corps Air Station (Helicopter), Santa Ana, California, provided information that an orange Honda automobile would be exiting the base within…