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Title: United States v. Tompkins
Author : Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 25, 1997
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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Summary Calendar Defendant-Appellant David Roy Tompkins appeals his 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, arguing that some of the evidence used against him was the product of an unlawful search and, as such, was erroneously admitted at trial. Tompkins' initial contention is that this circuit should revise its standard of review of a district court's ultimate determination that consent to search was voluntary -- changing from plain error to de novo -- basing his argument on a recent Supreme Court opinion. 1 Finding Tompkins' position on the appropriate standard of review fallacious, and perceiving no reversible error in the district court's findings and holding, we affirm. I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS