Legal Opinion
United States v. Bobby Ray Knight and Bobby Gene Grubbs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1972No. 30787PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by defendants, Bobby Gene Grubbs and Bobby Ray Knight, from convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 659 for knowingly possessing 566 cases of stolen Chrysler spark plugs which had been taken from the Yellow Freight System terminal in Dallas, Texas, while the shipment was moving in interstate commerce from Toledo, Ohio, to Dallas.
The defendants contend (1) that evidence admitted against them was the fruit of an illegal search and seizure, (2) that the indictments were defective and that there was a variance between indictment and proof, (3) that the evidence was…
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