Legal Opinion
United States v. James Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 22, 1984No. 394, Docket 83-1246PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant James Thomas appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Metzner, J., convicting him of two counts of illegal possession of United States Treasury checks. Thomas moved below to suppress the checks, contending that they were seized during an illegal search by his parole officer. When the district court denied the suppression motion, Thomas pleaded guilty to both counts while preserving his right to appeal the adverse decision on his suppression motion.
After Thomas served a state prison term in Pennsylvania…
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