STATE v. HOGAN

No. 39871.

231 N.W.2d 135 (1975)

194 Neb. 207

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Steven J. HOGAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

June 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis D. Burchard, of Healey, Healey, Brown, Wieland & Burchard, Lincoln, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Jerold V. Fennell, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, NEWTON, CLINTON and BRODKEY, JJ.


McCOWN, Justice.

The defendant, Steven J. Hogan, was found guilty by a jury on one count of possession of cocaine and one count of possession of marijuana. The District Court sentenced him to 90 days in the county jail on the first count and 5 days on the second count, and this appeal followed.

In late February 1974, in a "usual examination" of foreign mail by the Bureau of Customs at the Port of New York, a letter was opened. The letter had been mailed in...

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