United States v. Stephen Michael Berry, Robert Hugh Wilson, and Donald Gene Richardson

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Defendants appeal their convictions for interstate transportation of stolen property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. Among several grounds for reversal, they argue that certain evidence and the fruits thereof obtained through a warrantless search of an attache case belonging to defendant Robert Wilson should have been suppressed. Based on United States v. Chadwick, - U.S. -, 97 S.Ct. 2476, 53 L.Ed.2d 538 (1977), decided subsequent to the argument in this case, we agree with the defendants that, under the facts adduced at the suppression hearing, the search seems…