Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Clay Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1988No. 86-2948PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A person lawfully arrested has no reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to property properly taken from his person for inventory by the police. Later examination of that property by another law-enforcement officer is, therefore, not an unreasonable search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
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Richard Clay Thompson was charged with conspiracy to receive, conceal, transport, and store stolen explosives in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 842(h) and 844(a); receiving, concealing, transporting and storing stolen explosives in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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