Keith v. United States

After a joint trial by jury, appellants were convicted of the charges of possession of implements of crime, unlawful entry, and possession of narcotics. 1 All except appellant Walker were also convicted of narcotics vagrancy. 2 Concurrent sentences were imposed and these appeals, consolidated for hearing, followed.

The testimony disclosed that two plainclothes detectives observed appellants walk into an alley. The officers shortly followed. As they proceeded up the alley, they noted that the back door of an empty building, posted as “Vacant and Condemned,” had been knocked off its hinges and…