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· 2/19/1991

Benel v. United States

Citations

  • 498 U.S. 1107
  • 111 S. Ct. 1014

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that a single improper argument may not be sufficiently prejudicial to fatally infect the sentencing proceedings
  • rejecting the argument that the Missouri Supreme Court’s rulings on first-degree murder as a lesser-included offense of capital murder were inconsistent
  • objectively reasonable belief that narcotics evidence will be destroyed justifies warrantless search
  • upholding the search of co-owner's briefcase at search of business

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