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· 6/3/1987

United States v. Alexandros Vassiliou

Citations

  • 820 F.2d 28
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 7234

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  • holding that automobile exception applied notwithstanding fact that defendant’s ear was on military base, entry to and exit from which were controlled by military police, and therefore could not simply have been driven away
  • finding probable cause where, inter alia, a police informant had told the police that the defendant “had brandished a gun in his presence”
  • seizure of gun from under rear seat of car on a military base was authorized by automobile exception
  • police had probable cause to search car for weapon based on witness’s statement that defendant had brandished pistol and then concealed it in car

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Judges: Oakes, Winter, Metzner

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