Legal Opinion
Brinegar v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1948No. 3518PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Brinegar from a judgement of conviction for a violation of the Liquor Enforcement Act of 1936, § 3, 27 U. S. C. A. § 223.
The sole ground1 for reversal urged is the denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained by a search and seizure. At the hearing on the motion, Brinegar testified that on March 3, 1947, while driving a 1946 Ford coupe, he was apprehended by two investigators of the Alcohol Tax Unit about three miles east of Quapaw, Oklahoma; that the investigators searched the coupe and found a number of cases of whisky therein; that they…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Lyons v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Clarence D. Rogers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- William C. Coleman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Brinegar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
- United States v. MargesonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
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