· 12/16/1991
United States v. $80,760.00 in U.S. Currency
Citations
- 781 F. Supp. 462
- 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18677
- 1991 WL 279556
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- concluding that such evidence is admissible if police can link the defendant to the narcotics through other, more direct methods
- questioning the probative value of a narcotics detection dog’s positive alert in the absence of any other credible evidence connecting the money to drugs
- questioning the probative value of a narcotics detection dog's positive alert in the absence of any other credible evidence connecting the money to drugs
- noting “a large.amount of money, found in combination with other persuasive circumstantial evidence, particularly the presence of drug paraphernalia, is frequently held sufficient to establish probable cause” (emphasis added)
- noting “a large amount of money, found in combination with other persuasive circumstantial evidence, particularly the presence of drug paraphernalia, is frequently held sufficient to establish probable cause” (emphasis added)
- “[T]he Court seriously questions the value of a dog’s alert without other persuasive evidence... ”
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Judges: Belew
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