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· 9/11/1979

United States v. Clifton Gene Gibbons

Citations

  • 607 F.2d 1320
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 11945

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that federal rule of criminal procedure governing nighttime search warrants implements the essential requirements of Fourth Amendment
  • holding that \a nighttime intrusion is one element in considering the reasonableness of the search\
  • holding that \a nighttime intrusion is one element in considering the reasonableness of the search\
  • proceeding not improper just because government may derive incidental benefit from the post-indictment investigation
  • “At common law, prior to the adoption of the Bill of Rights there was a strong aversion to nighttime searches. . . . Night-time search was the evil in its most obnoxious form.” (quoting Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 210, 81 S. Ct. 473, 496, 5 L. Ed. 2d 492 (1960

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Judges: Seth, Holloway, Logan

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