· 7/1/1960
Johnny Espinoza v. United States
Citations
- 278 F.2d 802
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that with probable cause, an officer may search a suspect's mouth for drugs
- the officers choked the defendant and attempted \to pry open his mouth by placing pressure against his jaw and nose\
- the officers choked the defendant and attempted \to pry open his mouth by placing pressure against his jaw and nose\
- constitutional for an officer to hold a suspect’s throat and pry open their mouth in order to prevent the suspect from ingesting narcotics
- upholding a forcible search of an arrestee’s mouth for narcotics
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Judges: Hutcheson, Brown, Wisdom
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