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UNITED STATES v. BASS

No. 76-3087.

551 F.2d 962 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell Kenneth BASS, Wilbur Edward Hand and Hugh Field, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal R. Sonnett, Marc Cooper, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., C. Wesley G. Currier, Robert Lance Andrews, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in failing to suppress as evidence marijuana seized by law enforcement officers without a warrant. Our approach to the problem is to determine whether, under the peculiar facts of this case, probable cause existed to justify the search and seizure.1 Our review of the record convinces us that in this instance it did, and we therefore affirm.

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