United States v. Robert Miles Potts

The appeal involves the determination of whether the evidence upon which the appellant was convicted was obtained by unreasonable search and seizure by federal officers. The conviction was for the possession of unstamped whisky and possessing property intended for use in violation of the internal revenue laws. A pre-trial motion to suppress the evidence was interposed in the District Court by the appellant and it was agreed that the decision on this question would determine guilt or innocence.

In the early part of 1959 investigators of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax unit in the Columbia,…