United States v. Creighton, No. 10-1033 (10th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant Ronald Creighton appealed the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained from three separate searches. To support his and his associates’ drug habit, Defendant stole large quantities of personal mail from apartment buildings and condominiums in metropolitan Denver. Defendant used the information obtained to generate false identifications and counterfeit checks on a computer. Defendant and his associates then passed those checks to local businesses. Over an eighteen-month period, Defendant had four encounters with law enforcement officials, three of which lead to the evidence that was used at his trial. After reviewing the circumstances leading to each search, the Tenth Circuit found no violation of Defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. The Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction and sentence.
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