Court Opinion

ID: 9451195
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:09:38.386616+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:32:36.620057
License: Public Domain

KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge
(concurring) :
The Court properly affirms appellant’s conviction for violating 21 U.S.C. §§ 173, 174 (1958). The officers who arrested Simpson acted with probable cause. They adequately established the reliability of the informer’s statement by personally verifying its details. United States v. Monticallos, 349 F.2d 80 (2d Cir. 1965). Thus, as an incident to a lawful arrest, the search of Simpson’s car was permissible. Bartlett v. United States, 232 F.2d 135 (5th Cir. 1956); cf. Crawford v. Bannan, 336 F.2d 505 (6th Cir. 1964).
I would base the affirmance on this ground and see no need to pass upon whether Simpson voluntarily consented to the search of his automobile.