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· 2/12/1981

United States v. Harold Dean Jones

Citations

  • 641 F.2d 425
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 20246

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “an arrest warrant can authorize entry into a dwelling only where the officials executing the warrant have reasonable or probable cause to believe the person named in the warrant is within”
  • stating that probable cause does not require “proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” but simply evidence to establish that it is “more likely than not” that a crime has been committed
  • “[A] search based on consent requires more than mere expression of approval to the search.”
  • \[A] search based on consent requires more than mere expression of approval to the search.\
  • “[A] search based on consent requires more than mere expression of approval to the search.”
  • consent invalid where agents displayed weapons and kicked the door

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Judges: Weick, Jones, Duncan

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