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U.S. v. THOMAS

No. 91-5387.

955 F.2d 207 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Craig Lawrence THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Benvenga, Federal Public Defender's Office, Baltimore, Md., argued (Fred Warren Bennett, Federal Public Defender, Shirley M. Watts, Asst. Federal Public Defender, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Raymond Allen Bonner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., argued (Richard D. Bennett, U.S. Atty., Stephen S. Zimmerman, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, SPROUSE, Circuit Judge, and MERHIGE, Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

A jury convicted Craig Lawrence Thomas of robbing a Sovran Bank branch office in Baltimore. On appeal, Thomas contends that the district court erred in denying his Motion to Suppress Evidence seized from his hotel room. Agreeing with Thomas that the inevitable discovery exception does not apply to these facts and that his consent to search was invalid, we reverse.

I.

At 2:00 a.m. on June 19, 1990, Thomas and...

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