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Supreme Court· 4/27/1987

McCoy v. Zimmerman

Citations

  • 481 U.S. 1031
  • 107 S. Ct. 1961
  • 55 U.S.L.W. 3730
  • 95 L. Ed. 2d 533
  • 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1891

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[Fjirearms are ‘tools of the trade’ of those engaged in illegal drug activities.”
  • handgun properly admitted in prosecution for drug conspiracy since weapon was tool of trade of those engaged in illegal drug activity and was highly probative in proving criminal intent, and inference of illegal enterprise arising from its presence supported conspiracy theory
  • Section 552a(e)(7) is violated “to the extent that the [agency] has engaged in the practice of collecting protected information, unconnected to any investigation of past, present or anticipated violations of the statutes which it is authorized to enforce ... ”
  • Concord, Monitor, June 18, 1985

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