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U.S. v. THOMPKINS

No. 93-1166.

998 F.2d 629 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Silas O. THOMPKINS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Monroe, Springfield, MO (Gregory K. Johnson, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Roger Jones, Springfield, MO, for defendant-appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, Senior District Judge.

BOGUE, Senior District Judge.

The United States appeals from the district court's ruling suppressing cocaine which was seized from a suitcase ostensibly belonging to defendant Silas Thompkins. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the district court's decision to suppress the cocaine.

The following factual summary is derived from the transcript of the suppression hearing. Mr. Thompkins was riding a Greyhound bus which left Los Angeles, California on the...

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