United States v. Robert Lee Alexander

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of the appellant’s motion to suppress evidence found by F.B.I. agents during a warrantless search of a parked car. We affirm.

I

On December 12, 1986, a man wearing a tan jacket and brandishing a chrome-colored revolver robbed a bank in Savannah, Georgia. The robber escaped with approximately $3,120 in cash. However, as the gunman fled on foot, a “dye-bomb” placed in the bag of money by the bank tellers exploded, staining much of the cash with red dye.

Shortly after the robbery, two local merchants reported that Robert Lee…