United States v. Sipes

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

Presented here is whether evidence obtained by search of defendant is admissible. On the date of defendant’s arrest, two federal officers were proceeding in an automobile along a public street in the City of Knoxville, when the driver saw and recognized defendant, then a pedestrian crossing the street. Defendant had a reputation with this officer of being a bootlegger of tax-unpaid whiskey.

*538When the officer saw defendant, the latter was wearing an Army-type blouse or jacket, a garment roomy enough to enclose objects of some size in addition to the body of the…