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U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 86-3763.

834 F.2d 1191 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyle Schonekas, Marc D. Winsberg, New Orleans, La. (court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Lawrence Benson, Peter G. Strasser, Asst. U.S. Attys., John P. Volz, U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, JERRE S. WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a warrantless search of a zipper-like briefcase by Postal Inspectors during the detention and interrogation of a mail carrier. The Inspectors found evidence during this search upon which the mail carrier was indicted and convicted of embezzlement of mail. The district court denied the defendant's motions to suppress this evidence found during the search of the briefcase. We reverse, finding that this was not a valid...

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