Case Name: Loy Duane FIELDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1966-01-31
Citations: 355 F.2d 543
Docket Number: No. 22158
Parties: Loy Duane FIELDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 355
Pages: 543–543

Head Matter:
Loy Duane FIELDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 22158.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 31, 1966.
Rehearing Denied March 4, 1966.
Robert B. Thompson, Gainesville, Ga., for appellant.
Bobby C. Milam, Thomas K. McWhor-ter, Asst. U. S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., for ap-pellee.
Before GEWIN and BELL, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appellant was convicted for violations of 26 U.S.C.A. § 5205(a) (2), 5601(a) (1), 5601(a) (4), 5601(a) (8). The contention that the revenue agent violated 18 U.S.C.A. § 3109 by his entor into the building which housed the incriminating evidence is without merit. The building in question, which housed one of the largest illicit distilleries the officers had ever seen, was not within the curtilage. It was three hundred feet in length and was constructed for commercial use in the chicken industry.
The denial of the motion to suppress the evidence seized in the building was therefore correct. Moreover, there was ample basis for the issuance of the search warrant.
Affirmed.