United States v. Vernon Lee Mullen

416 F.2d 456, 1969 U.S. App. LEXIS 10483

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: October 9, 1969
• Docket: 12041_1
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

We decline to hear oral argument because in our view this appeal is lacking in arguable merit. We affirm.

Even if we were to hold that defendant is not foreclosed from asserting that he was the victim of an illegal search and seizure because of his failure to move for suppression of the evidence seized and to object to the use of the evidence on the ground he now asserts, we are satisfied that he was legally arrested and that the search was a reason able one incident thereto. In any event, the legality of the obtention of the evidence is sustainable under the “plain view” doctrine.

The question of the legality of the arrest was not one for the jury. We have considered defendant’s numerous other contentions and find them lacking in substance.

Affirmed.