Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Lee Clark
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1984No. 83-2422PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Lee Clark appeals from his two-count conviction for obstruction of correspondence. Clark contends that the postal inspectors who arrested him did so without probable cause and thus the search of his person conducted incident to arrest violated his fourth amendment rights. We affirm.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Clark was arrested without warrant and searched incident to arrest on May 10, 1983. He was subsequently charged in a five-count indictment with obstruction of correspondence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1702. Clark pled not guilty to the charges and filed a motion to…
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