United States v. Alvin McBride

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an odd case.

Almost three years ago, the grand jury for the Eastern District of Louisiana indicted Alvin McBride for the theft of thirteen bags of coffee, while it was moving in foreign commerce from Mexico to the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 659. A conviction followed. This Court affirmed, United States v. McBride, 438 F.2d 517 (February 10, 1971). We held, “There is no merit to any of the appellant’s contentions”.

Our opinion [Judges Brown, Wisdom, and Roney] further stated:

We note especially that there was probable cause to arrest the defendant and seize the…