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· 8/14/1985

United States v. George Kirk Purvis, Barbara Jean Solomos

Citations

  • 768 F.2d 1237
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 21343

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a five-day delay was reasonable for defendants arrested on the high seas approximately 350 miles from Key West
  • holding that a five-day delay was reasonable for defendants arrested on the high seas approximately 350 miles from Key West
  • \[T]he delay of less than one day after arriving at Key West was reasonable because of the magistrate's brief absence.\
  • detention of suspected drug traffickers in handcuffs and confinement aboard Coast Guard vessel performing routine patrols for four days before landing to seek a magistrate for arraignment was not unlawful
  • detainees kept handcuffed on the deck of a Coast Guard vessel

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Judges: Tjoflat, Hill, Anderson

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