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· 9/15/1980

United States v. David Manley and Fluer Williams

Citations

  • 632 F.2d 978
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 14071

How courts have described this case

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

  • indicating agents were aware of the presence of others and defendant was presumed violent, likely armed, and possibly accompanied by co-conspirators
  • acknowledging concern about presence of coconspirators as a factor justifying protective sweep
  • “[T]he ‘reasonable belief standard ... may require less justification than the more familiar probable cause test.”
  • police had probable cause to believe suspect lived at residence based on neighbors’ photo identification of defendant as resident
  • “[T]he ‘reasonable belief’ standard . . . may require less justification than the more familiar probable cause test.”
  • “[T]he ‘reasonable belief’ standard . . . may require less justification than the more familiar probable cause standard.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Waterman, Meskill, Newman

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