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UNITED STATES v. LANG

No. 215, Docket 78-1205.

589 F.2d 92 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nathan LANG, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Cote, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, Richard D. Weinberg, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Barry Bassis, Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before WATERMAN and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges, and WYATT, District Judge.

MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:

On December 6, 1977, the defendant in this case, Nathan Lang, also known as "Cool Breeze," made the mistake of visiting Rikers Island, a New York City penal institution and the situs of a former incarceration. His hegira was prompted not by nostalgia but in order to retrieve some personal effects. Oddly enough he submitted to a routine search by a Corrections Officer. At his request Cool Breeze opened a black pouch he was carrying which contained...

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