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· 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

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

  • 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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