United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Booker T. Ford, Defendant-appellant, 461 F.2d 534 (9th Cir. 1972)
Annotate this CaseLeslie A. Kast, West Covina, Cal., for defendant-appellant.
Stephen V. Wilson, Eric A. Nobles, Asst. U. S. Attys., William D. Keller, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before MERRILL, TRASK, and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
In this appeal from a judgment following conviction for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472 (attempting to negotiate and possession of a counterfeit federal reserve note), the only issue is whether the spurious twenty-dollar bill was, when found by an arresting officer, the fruit of an unlawful search. We hold that it was not.
The defendant was arrested in the vicinity of a store a few minutes after the storekeeper had called the police to give alarm concerning an attempt to negotiate counterfeit money. The defendant matched the storekeeper's description of the would-be negotiator, and a cruising officer stopped him in response to the alarm. The key exhibit fell out of defendant's clothing during a "pat-down" search for weapons. The arrest was based upon probable cause, and the incidental search was lawful.
Affirmed.
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