· 4/6/1983
United States v. Charles Edward Compton
Citations
- 704 F.2d 739
- 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 29047
How courts have described this case
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- noting that a threat made by law enforcement to obtain a search warrant if the suspect did not cooperate did not invalidate written consent to search
- where district court made no specific findings on voluntariness of consent, court of appeals reviewed record to determine whether denial of motion to suppress was clearly erroneous
- “Compton has no standing to contest the seizure of the drugs from the trash, having abandoned” it by “toss[ing]” it “into the trash”
- “Compton has no standing to contest the seizure of the drugs from the trash, having abandoned” it by “toss[ing]” it “into the trash”
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Judges: Clark, Politz, Higginbotham
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