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· 4/3/2000

United States v. Clarence Richardson, Jr.

Citations

  • 208 F.3d 626
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 6016
  • 2000 WL 340782

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that evi- dence that the defendant exercised control over a bedroom where a gun and drugs were found was sufficient to establish constructive possession of the gun
  • concluding that evi- dence that the defendant exercised control over a bedroom where a gun and drugs were found was sufficient to establish constructive possession of the gun
  • holding that the 911 system “fits neatly with the central purpose of the exigent circumstances (or emergency) exception to the warrant requirement” because it informs police of people in need of immediate assistance
  • explaining that, “as is normally the case for Fourth Amendment inquiries, the test is objective”
  • finding that a report of a raped and murdered woman constituted an emer- gency situation because the person could still be alive and in need of assis- tance
  • denying a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge in part because the defendant admitted to being the landlord of the property

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Judges: Bauer, Ripple, Wood

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