· 3/5/1996
United States v. Clarence Davis Blue, Also Known as John Blue
Citations
- 78 F.3d 56
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 3870
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that a search cannot be justified as a protective sweep where the officers have “failed to articulate specific reasons for their suspicion that the [area searched] harbored a dangerous person”
- DEA agents discover a machine gun under a mattress while searching an apartment during a cocaine investigation
- protective sweep conducted incident to in-home arrest exceeded permissible scope by including areas beyond potential grab area of detainees
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Judges: Meskill, Altimari, Calabresi
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