United States v. John Glendal Willis, United States of America v. Richard Virgil Loftin, United States of America v. Dallas Coleman Fish

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from Plaintiffs-Appellants’ convictions, after a jury trial, for possession of some 967 cases of whiskey stolen from a shipment in interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S. C. § 659. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm each of the convictions.

I. No. 72-1397 — Willis

As his grounds for appeal, Appellant Willis claims that the District Court erred as follows:(1) In ruling that a barn located some 14 miles from his home and owned by his deceased mother’s estate did not fall within Willis’ Fourth Amendment rights;(2) In ruling that Appellant…