Legal Opinion
United States v. Elmer Samuel Chapman, United States of America v. James Terrell Knight
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1969No. 27002_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Appellants were convicted by a jury of aiding and abetting each other in possessing certain property (6,480 pounds of sugar and a Dodge truck), knowing it was intended to be used in the nontaxpaid distilled spirits business, a misdemeanor under 26 U.S.C. § 5686 (a). 1 Both appellants filed motions to suppress evidence pertinent to the seizure of the property by the Federal Revenue Agent who, without a warrant, stopped the truck which appellant Chapman was driving, arrested Chapman and seized the truck and its load of sugar. These motions were denied. 2
Appellants…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Robert Wyman BoydCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Tyree BirdsongCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Adell Carter and Mary Bailey JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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