U.S. v. JONES

No. 93-5224.

13 F.3d 100 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gerett JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph Brian Monchick, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, NC, (argued), for defendant-appellant.

David Paul Folmar, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Raleigh, NC, argued (James R. Dedrick, U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POWELL, Associate Justice (Retired), United States Supreme Court, sitting by designation, and WILKINSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case we must ask whether a postal inspector exceeded the scope of his statutory authority under 39 U.S.C. § 404(a)(7) when he investigated drug activities among postal employees that did not occur wholly on postal property. We hold that he did not, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I.

The facts of this case are essentially undisputed. Appellant Gerett Jones worked for the United...

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