United States v. Gene A. Grisby

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Convicted of theft of property of the United States, the defendant has appealed. His contention is addressed to the denial of his motion to suppress the stolen property as evidence. The property was seized in a search of his living quarters on a military reservation. Since the search was conducted in accordance with military law under the direction of proper military authority, though without the sanction of a civilian search warrant, we find no violation of the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights.

On February 2, 1963, the defendant, Grisby, was a corporal in the…