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· 4/10/1928

Page v. Dickinson

Citations

  • 25 F.2d 393
  • 1928 U.S. App. LEXIS 2969

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding officers did not conduct a search by looking into an open window because there was no expectation of privacy in the area and the items seen through the window provided the officers with probable cause and exigent circumstances to enter the home
  • officer's observations of dining room from - 5 - street, walkway, and porch not a \search\
  • no search when officers, standing on front porch after contacting occupant, observed contraband through open window eight feet from front door
  • deferring to a district court's factual determination unless clearly erroneous

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Judges: Waddill

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