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U.S. v. CAUSEY

No. 86-3469.

818 F.2d 354 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reginald James CAUSEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted July 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton P. Guidry, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellant.

Richard B. Launey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Stanford O. Bardwell, Jr., U.S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, RUBIN, and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Granted July 9, 1987.*

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

City police officers wished to question a suspect about a bank robbery, but lacked probable cause to arrest him. The officers therefore unearthed a seven-year-old warrant charging the suspect with contempt of court by virtue of his failure to appear for trial on a misdemeanor theft charge. They then arrested him, using that charge as a pretext to question him...

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