U.S. v. OSUNEGBU

No. 86-2219.

822 F.2d 472 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sonja Yvette OSUNEGBU, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie A. Meyers, Roland E. Dahlin, III, Federal Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for Osunegbu.

James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for U.S.

Before WISDOM, WILLIAMS, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents several questions, the most significant of which is whether postal inspectors violated the Fourth Amendment rights of the defendant when they conducted a warrantless search of the contents of a private postal box rented by the defendant's husband. We conclude that no Fourth Amendment violation occurred. The defendant had only a limited expectation of privacy in the postal box and...

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