Legal Opinion
United States v. Hewey Lee Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1979No. 78-2120PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Hewey Lee Thompson appeals from a conviction of possession of items stolen from the mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708. The denial of Thompson’s motion to suppress evidence presents the principal question on appeal. We reverse.
On February 7, 1978, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Portland Police Officers Charles Ault and Henry Dunn stopped a car that Thompson was driving in a residential area of northeast Portland. The vehicle had a broken taillight lens, was traveling at a speed which slightly exceeded the “reasonable and safe” speed for that area, and had rolled…
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