United States v. Rega

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

The defendant Allyson Boyle moves to suppress certain items seized from her apartment at the time of her arrest there on March 28, 1980 and additional items found in her purse during post-arrest processing later that same day while she was in custody at the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”).

After a hearing at which the defendant and four of the law enforcement agents involved in the relevant events testified, the Court finds that the circumstances surrounding Boyle’s arrest and the seizures were as follows. In the mid-afternoon…