United States v. Geraldine Hubbard
This text of 435 F.2d 1311 (United States v. Geraldine Hubbard) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The judgment of conviction is affirmed.
The main question is: Did the arresting officer have probable cause to make an arrest for a narcotics offense which arrest was followed by a search of Hubbard’s pocketbook? The product of the search clinched the case.
If the officer was believed (and he evidently was), there was probable cause. One might question his story, but we cannot say it was inherently improbable.
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