United States v. Patrick H. Davis

Appellant, charged with, and convicted of, violating federal narcotics laws, 1 challenges the admission of certain inculpatory drugs into evidence, urging that they are the fruit of an arrest lacking probable cause. 2 After careful consideration, we conclude that appellant’s contention is untenable, and accordingly affirm.

I

During daylight at approximately 6:40 p.m. on March 27, 1970, Police Officers Gaston and Wingfield, wearing old armed forces jackets over their uniforms, traveling in an unmarked car, observed appellant among a group of five or six “shabilly [sic] dressed” men standing on…