United States v. Othell Campbell, 395 F.2d 848 (4th Cir. 1968).
United States v. Othell Campbell, 395 F.2d 848 (4th Cir. 1968). Book View Copy Cite
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,
v.
Othell CAMPBELL, Appellant
11584.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
May 20, 1968.
395 F.2d 848
Thomas W. Greene, Greenville, S. C. (Sol E. Abrams, and Abrams, Bowen & Townes, Greenville, S. C., on brief) for appellant., William B. Long, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. (Klyde Robinson, U. S. Atty., and Robert O. DuPre, Asst. U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.
Haynsworth, Craven, Mac-Kenzie.
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PER CURIAM:

Convicted of possession of illicit whiskey, Othell Campbell has appealed, complaining that his motion to suppress evidence gained from an unlawful search and seizure should have been granted. The search in question was the viewing by Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division agents from an adjacent cornfield of a transaction in illicit whiskey which took place in the backyard of Campbell’s home. The agents were not within the curtilage and the “open field” doctrine is applicable to their observations. Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57, 44 S.Ct. 445, 68 L.Ed. 898; United States v. Shue, 4 Cir., 385 F.2d 416; McDowell v. United States, 8 Cir., 383 F.2d 599; Rosencranz v. United States, 1 Cir., 356 F.2d 310; United States v. Hassell, 6 Cir., 336 F.2d 684; United States v. Young, 4 Cir., 322 F.2d 443; United States v. Potts, 6 Cir., 297 F.2d 68; [*849] Hodges v. United States, 5 Cir., 243 F.2d 281; Care v. United States, 10 Cir., 231 F.2d 22; Janney v. United States, 4 Cir., 206 F.2d 601. Nothing said in Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 88 S.Ct. 507, 19 L.Ed.2d 576, requires a different result.

Affirmed.