United States v. Portt

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

The issue before us involves a search of a wall locker by members of the security police squadron who had been detailed to clean the guardmount room. The accused contends that this evidence and that later discovered, together with the subsequent incriminating statements made by him, were the results of an unlawful search by individuals acting in a governmental capacity who had neither a search authorization nor a valid consent. Mil.R.Evid. 311, 314, and 315. We disagree and affirm.

I

There is no dispute as to the facts. During the early morning hours of 8 May 1983,…