United States v. Howard Long Park Jr.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Howard Long Park, Jr., appeals from his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 659, which proscribes, inter alia, possession of goods stolen from an interstate or foreign shipment. He assigns as error on appeal the admission at trial of evidence obtained through a warrantless search of his automobile, and the prosecutor’s cross-examination of defense witnesses. We reverse on the latter point, and therefore need not and do not reach the issues raised by the search and seizure. 1

On Sunday, April 7, 1974, customs patrol officers on Dodge Island in Miami observed “an…