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· 1/10/2001

United States v. Charles S. Hammett

Citations

  • 236 F.3d 1054
  • 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 295
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 313
  • 2001 WL 21194

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that marijuana plants viewed through crack in wall are in “plain view”
  • finding marijuana plants were in plain view when observed by police officers circling home to locate occupants
  • Ninth Circuit upholding the propriety of the officers “circling [the defendant’s] house” in an attempt to find another door
  • “[A police] officer may, in good faith, move away from the front door when seeking to contact the occupants of a residence.”

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Judges: Hug, Trott, Wardlaw

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