U.S. v. DEMPSEY

No. 89-6046.

957 F.2d 831 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James M. DEMPSEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fletcher Peacock, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Karen L. Atkinson, Asst. U.S. Atty., W. Palm Beach, Fla., Linda C. Hertz, Anne R. Schultz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDMONDSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS Senior District Judge.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

After state law enforcement officers saw what appeared to be a street-level narcotics selling operation at a duplex house, they obtained a warrant to search the defendant's part of the duplex for cocaine. The search uncovered two homemade pipe bombs and one homemade hand grenade. After the officers found the bombs in the duplex, they searched the other section and the garage for public safety reasons, to ensure that no other explosives were...

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