Legal Opinion
Dixon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1954No. 14441_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted below of unlawful possession and concealment of non-tax paid distilled spirits, contrary to 26 U.S.C.A., §§ 2803(a) and 3321.
His principal contention here is that the evidence used at the trial below was procured with a search warrant which was invalid for the reasons discussed hereafter. The trial court sustained the validity of the search warrant.
On May 23, 1952, James Brown executed an affidavit in which he stated in substance that on May 19, 1952, four days earlier, at about 10:30 or 11:00 o’clock a. m., he saw the defendant and several other…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Steele v. United States No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- United States v. Old Dominion Warehouse, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
- Gracie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1926
- Skiskowski v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Dandrea v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by24 opinions
- United States v. KahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Harold Hanger v. United States of America, Gale Mixen v. United States of America, Loretta Meyer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Leonard Jerome Bastida v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, La. State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Pueblo v. Luciano ArroyoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1961
- Clio King v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
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