United States v. Gillis

Opinion of the Court

COOK, Judge:

We granted review to determine whether a quantity of marijuana which was a product of a search of an automobile was properly admitted into evidence. The desk sergeant, Staff Sergeant Cromp, of a military police station at Marine Corps Air Station (Helicopter), Santa Ana, California, testified she received a telephone call from a person, at approximately 4:50 p. m., who informed her that an Orange Honda with Wisconsin license plates would be exiting the base at the main gate within the hour. The caller asserted that the automobile would be carrying a quantity of…