UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 78-2120.

597 F.2d 187 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hewey Lee THOMPSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Bauman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., on brief; Frank A. Wilson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for appellant.

Mark E. Griffin, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Hewey Lee Thompson appeals from a conviction of possession of items stolen from the mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708. The denial of Thompson's motion to suppress evidence presents the principal question on appeal. We reverse.

On February 7, 1978, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Portland Police Officers Charles Ault and Henry Dunn stopped a car that Thompson was driving in a residential area of northeast Portland. The vehicle...

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