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· 7/8/1974

United States v. Amos Lane Bridges

Citations

  • 499 F.2d 179

How courts have described this case

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  • swab test to detect presence of dynamite particles on defendant’s hands did not violate Fourth Amendment because evidence was time‐sensitive and hand swabbing did not intrude upon integrity of defendant’s body
  • swabbing of defendant’s hands to obtain residual traces of explosives

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Judges: Kiley, Cummings, Hoffman

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