Legal Opinion
United States v. James W. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1984No. 83-1947PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
James W. Lewis was convicted on six counts of mail fraud for' devising and implementing a fraudulent credit card scheme. On appeal Lewis argues that the district court1 should have held that the warrantless opening of a mailbox bearing the name “David Woods” tainted all subsequently obtained search warrants, rendering all evidence produced by those warrants inadmissible. He also contends that the first search warrant obtained was not based upon probable cause because the affidavit contained insufficient information upon which to gauge the credibility or…
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