Legal Opinion

Williams v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 30, 1963No. Nos. 7257, 7258PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Williams and Meier, were convicted of transporting a 1961 Cadillac automobile from Portland, Oregon to Laramie, Wyoming, knowing the same to have been stolen, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312. They were arrested in Laramie by state officers without a warrant, who then searched the automobile and took into their possession a quantity of personal effects belonging to the defendants. A few days later, while the defendants were still held in state custody, an agent of the F.B.I. made a more thorough search and discovered concealed in the trunk paneling of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. United States v. Richard Cleve BrownCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
  2. Alejandrino Diaz-Rosendo and Felix Anenson Fernandez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  3. United States v. Robert Graham, United States of America v. Grady Lee TuckerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
  4. George Frank Simpson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
  5. Rodarte Ex Rel. Rodarte v. City of RivertonWyoming Supreme Court · 1976

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