U.S. v. GOODWIN

No. 88-5011.

854 F.2d 33 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, v. Ralph E. GOODWIN, Plaintiff-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Frederick Sinclair (Cohen, Dunn & Sinclair, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul G. Cassell, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty. (Henry E. Hudson, U.S. Atty., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Ralph Goodwin appeals his child pornography conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2).1 He challenges the anticipatory search warrant that allowed postal inspectors to seize the pornographic material almost contemporaneously with its delivery. He also asserts that the government's conduct leading to his arrest was so outrageous as to violate his due process rights. Finding no merit in these claims, we affirm the...

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