U.S. v. HAWKINS

No. 01-2073.

279 F.3d 83 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Darren John HAWKINS, a/k/a Darren Wood, a/k/a/ Darren Allen, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Smith, for appellant.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Appellate Chief, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Darren John Hawkins, appeals the district court's refusal to grant his suppression motion. This motion sought to exclude the contents of a jar, which the district court held had been opened and its contents examined pursuant to a standardized inventory. Because we hold that it was not clearly erroneous for the district court to conclude that the police inventory procedures contained an unwritten addendum that officers...

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