Alexander v. State

The trial judge refused to suppress the firearm involved in this case on the ground that there was no basis to conclude that the private security guards who searched the defendant at the flea market which employed them were government actors so as to subject them to the requirements of the Fourth Amendment. We agree. See Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 487-89, 91 S.Ct. 2022, 29 L.Ed.2d 564 (1971); United States v. Shakid, 117 F.3d 322 (7th Cir.1997), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 902, 118 S.Ct. 254, 139 L.Ed.2d 182 (1997); United States v. Francoeur, 547 F.2d 891 (5th Cir.1977), cert.…