United States v. Eugene Taylor

GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The defendant Eugene Taylor was found guilty in a jury trial of unlawful possession of property stolen from an interstate shipment in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. Taylor received a sentence of three years. The only issue raised in this appeal is the legality of the search and seizure of the stolen property, consisting of some new automobile tires.

Taylor contends his Fourth Amendment rights protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures were violated by the officers in the identification of the tires, the contemporaneous arrest of Taylor and his associates, and…