UNITED STATES v. BUTTS

No. 82-5465.

704 F.2d 701 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America v. Monroe BUTTS, Cheyenne Morgan, and John Andrew Passanante. Cheyenne Morgan, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Schumacher, Federal Public Defender, W. Penn Hackney, Asst. Public Defender, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

J. Alan Johnson, U.S. Atty., Paul J. Brysh, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before GIBBONS, HUNTER and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) Febuary 17, 1983.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Cheyenne Morgan (Morgan) was convicted of one count of possession of a government check stolen from the mail in violation of the Act of June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 779, as amended, 18 U.S.C. § 1708. He here challenges his conviction, urging that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him and that the statement they obtained from him...

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