Legal Opinion
United States v. Derek James Beck
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1979No. 78-5703PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Derek James Beck appeals his convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 659 (1976) on two counts of possession of items worth in excess of $100 that were stolen from an interstate freight shipment. Beck’s sole contention before us is that the evidence upon which his convictions rest — the stolen goods — was obtained through an unlawful search and seizure. We agree.
I
On August 1, 1978, at approximately 4:00 p. m., Officers C. T. Spears and N. J. Gober of the Birmingham, Alabama police department were engaged in a routine patrol in their marked police car. Spears had some seven years…
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