VELASCO v. UNITED STATES

No. 23057.

371 F.2d 588 (1967)

Arthur VELASCO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Snelling, St. Petersburg, Fla., for appellant.

James O. Murphy, Jr., Edward A. Kaufman, Asst. U. S. Attys., William A. Meadows, Jr., U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before MARIS, BROWN and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The defendant Arthur Velasco appeals from his conviction on three counts of an indictment charging him, Reinaldo Perez and Clarence Thompson with the unlawful sale of a narcotic drug, cocaine, and with conspiracy to do so. His sole contention on appeal is that the district court erred in admitting in evidence a spoon with traces of cocaine upon it, his contention being that the spoon had been obtained through an illegal search of an automobile.

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