U.S. v. BOYNES

No. 97-7490.

149 F.3d 208 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant v. Clifton Ashley BOYNES, Sr.; Inter Island Boat Services, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard P. Stewart (Argued), Senior Litigation Counsel, Washington, DC; Kim L. Chisholm, Office of United States Attorney, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI, for Appellant.

Samuel H. Hall, Jr. (Argued), Birch, DeJongh & Hindels, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI, for Appellees.

BEFORE: STAPLETON, COWEN and ALITO, Circuit Judges.


COWEN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the order of the District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands granting the defendants' motion to suppress evidence resulting from the Coast Guard's warrantless search of the M/V Mona Queen in the British Virgin Islands. The government contends that the district court erred in suppressing the evidence obtained from the warrantless search because, inter alia, a warrantless search in a foreign country does...

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