Legal Opinion
United States v. Craig Lawrence Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1992No. 91-5387PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
A jury convicted Craig Lawrence Thomas of robbing a Sovran Bank branch office in Baltimore. On appeal, Thomas contends that the district court erred in denying his Motion to Suppress Evidence seized from his hotel room. Agreeing with Thomas that the inevitable discovery exception does not apply to these facts and that his consent to search was invalid, we reverse.
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At 2:00 a.m. on June 19, 1990, Thomas and a friend, Lawrence Henry, checked into the Hotel Belvedere in Baltimore. A third man actually registered for the room, because neither Thomas nor Henry had any…
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3Cited by59 opinions
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