United States v. Louis B. Scott

GEE, Circuit Judge:

When two postal inspectors’ investigation of an altered money order sent by mail implicated appellant Scott, a parolee, they discussed the matter with Scott’s parole officer and requested that she obtain exemplars written by his hand and his typewriter. She did so on a regular visit, borrowing the machine on the pretext of typing a business document and later having Scott write out manually certain information about his roommate. Analysis of the exemplars yielded probable cause, a search warrant issued, the typewriter was seized, and Scott’s conviction followed. He appeals,…