Atkins v. Harris

The principal determinative question on this appeal is the validity of the search of the trunk of an automobile following a lawful arrest.

The proceedings herein were commenced by Joe Harris for the purpose of obtaining a return to him of his Chevrolet automobile which had been seized and confiscated by the Commissioner of Finance and Taxation pursuant to T.C.A. sec. 57-622 et seq. The hearing officer of the department, after hearing the evidence, found that the automobile Avas property confiscated and that there Avas no evidence that the statute was not property complied Avith. He dismissed…