Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thurman Elbert MARTIN and George Houk Mann, Defendants-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-04-08
Citations: 425 F.2d 268
Docket Number: No. 28243
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thurman Elbert MARTIN and George Houk Mann, Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: Before GEWIN, GODBOLD and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 425
Pages: 268–268

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thurman Elbert MARTIN and George Houk Mann, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 28243.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 8, 1970.
Rehearing Denied and Rehearing En Banc May 14, 1970.
George Thurmond, Del Rio, Tex. (Ct. Apptd.), for appellants.
Seagal V. Wheatley, U. S. Attorney, Warren N. Weir, Jeremiah Handy, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.
Before GEWIN, GODBOLD and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The sole issue concerns the refusal of the District Court to suppress narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia seized in a warrantless search of the automobile occupied by appellants. The agent's prior experience with the informant, and the information provided by the informer describing the appellants, their travel plans, the locale in which they were expected to purchase narcotics, their automobile (make, color and license number), bring this case within Draper v. United States, 358 U.S. 307, 79 S.Ct. 329, 3 L.Ed.2d 327 (1959).
Affirmed.