United States v. Summers

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused contends his conviction for a number of offenses, including larceny ■ and two specifications of housebreaking, should be reversed because evidence obtained as the result of a search of his automobile was improperly admitted.1

At the threshold of the accused’s claim of error is the effect of a ruling made on that same point in the earlier trial of Private First Class Raymond E, Owens, who was apprehended with the accused and tried for some of the same offenses. In Owens’ case, the law officer ruled that the search was illegal. The question,…