A PAROLEE cannot win the suppression of drugs seized from his property by claiming that his probation officer conducting a home visit improperly colluded with drug agents in uncovering the evidence, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled.

Declaring the so-called “stalking horse” defense theory to be non-existent, the Second Circuit upheld a Northern District judge’s refusal to suppress evidence in the case of parolee Donald Reyes.