Legal Opinion
United States v. Mansfield Saunders
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1973No. 72-2737PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was convicted below after a non-jury trial of possessing approximately eight grams of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 844(a). On appeal he contends that the warrantless search which produced the marijuana was constitutionally invalid because it was not incident to a valid arrest. We affirm.
On August 5, 1971, agents of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) set out to arrest one Brinson pursuant to an arrest warrant. Guided by an informant’s tip, they located him at about noon near a sea-going boat, the RICKI, in Dania, Florida, in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- United States v. Edward BrookinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by56 opinions
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