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· 10/29/1975

United States v. Elmer Curtis Turbyfill

Citations

  • 525 F.2d 57
  • 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 12181

How courts have described this case

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  • holding police may lawfully seize evidence in plain view where police are lawfully in the position from which contraband was seen
  • implying consent when the defendant’s wife opened the door and stepped back to let officers enter
  • finding an implied invitation to enter when a third party opened the door and stepped back
  • finding implied consent where an occupant of the house opened the door and stepped back to let the officers enter
  • implying consent when the defendant's wife opened the door and stepped back to let officers enter
  • \action of [occupant] in the opening of the door and stepping back constituted an implied invitation to enter\

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Judges: Van Oosterhout, Jones, Henley

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