Jones v. Peyton

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

Appellants William Ipock and James Lee Jones were arrested “for being of ill fame for being night-prowlers” 1 in the circumstances detailed below. Shortly after the arrests, they were searched by the police and evidence was discovered incriminating them in a burglary the commission of which had not yet become known to the police. The ill fame or prowling charges were abandoned, but indictments for statutory burglary were returned. At their respective trials the inculpatory items were offered by the State and admitted over objection. Upon conviction they sought writs of…