United States v. Edwards

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Albert Edwards was convicted in a non-jury trial of unlawfully possessing and transporting non-tax paid whiskey. 26 U.S.C. 5205(a) (2) and 5604(a). The sole question on this appeal is whether the District Court improperly denied a motion to suppress evidence of the three 5-gallon containers of whiskey found in the trunk of defendant’s automobile. Holding the search of the automobile trunk and the seizure of the contraband whiskey to be reasonable in constitutional terms, we affirm.

There is no doubt in this record that defendant was guilty of the crime charged. Likewise…