Legal Opinion
United States v. Daniel Michael Tropiano
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 17, 1995No. 741, Docket 94-1340PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
Daniel Tropiano appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Judge).
Tropiano possessed a stolen Cadillac and another stolen car, each having an altered vehicle identification number (“VIN”). The FBI confiscated the Cadillac and, a week later, conducted an inventory search of it. The search turned up evidence showing that (1) the VIN had been altered and (2) Tropi-ano was a drug dealer. Tropiano moved to suppress the evidence. The district court denied the…
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