Sergio Ruvalcaba Ramirez v. United States

Defendant-appellant was indicted for, and convicted on a trial before the court without a jury of, violating Sec. 4744(a) (2), Title 26, in that he transported and concealed approximately 24 pounds of marihuana without having paid the transfer tax.

Appealing from the judgment and sentence, he is here presenting a single question for decision. This is whether his motion to suppress and exclude evidence, of the marihuana and the circumstances of the seizure, as the product of an unreasonable and therefore a forbidden search and seizure, was incorrectly denied.

After a full hearing, the evidence…