United States v. Dyson

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from the granting of a motion to suppress evidence seized during an allegedly illegal search. Since we hold the search proper, we reverse.

The appellee was arrested for shooting craps in public. The arresting officer (Smith), after a brief frisk which revealed no weapons, put in a call for an expedited transport because of a gathering crowd. When the transport vehicle arrived, appel-lee was placed in the back seat; there, another officer (Carter) searched him and found a plastic vial containing capsules and an envelope of white powder, all suspected…