United States v. Wayne Garfield Brookins, III

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Wayne Garfield Brookins, III, was convicted of receiving or concealing a stolen vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2313. He appeals the district court’s refusal to suppress certain evidence. We affirm.

I

The Mountain Brook Police received a complaint from a female friend of Brookins, on September 4, 1978, asking that Brookins and his belongings be removed from her apartment where he had been living. The police arrested Brookins for public intoxication. The female companion voluntarily turned over many of Brookins’ belongings to the police. These included about eighteen automobile keys,…