UNITED STATES v. GIVENS

No. 83-5069.

733 F.2d 339 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Debbie L. and Gary GIVENS, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph L. Di Trapano, Rebecca A. Baitty, Di Trapano & Jackson, Charleston, W.Va., on brief, for appellants.

David A. Faber, U.S. Atty., Michael E. Winck, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charleston, W.Va., on brief, for appellee.

Before RUSSELL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.


PER CURIAM:

We confront in this case the issue of whether defendants Debbie and Gary Givens have a legitimate expectation of privacy in the contents of a package addressed not to them but another party, sufficient to permit them to challenge the search and seizure of that package as violative of the Fourth Amendment.

On March 29, 1982 William G. Dancy sent a package from Miami, Florida to Charleston, West Virginia on Piedmont Airlines, Flight 314. The package...

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