United States First Circuit

Conviction for drug and weapons crimes is affirmed where the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized following the execution of a state parole warrant for temporary custody, as neither the acquisition nor the execution of the warrant violated the Fourth Amendment since the manner in which the parole warrant was executed complied with the requirement that police officers serve in a strictly instrumental role.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2009
• Published 05/21/2009

Judges

• SINGAL, District Judge., Before BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and SINGAL, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John M. Thompson, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark T. Quinlivan, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.