United States v. James William Bruce and Murray A. Woodworth, A/K/A Thomas Earl Hardin, A/K/A John C. Wilson

How courts have described this case

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• upholding the seizure of ammunition under warrant to seize rifles; “Ammunition such as shotgun shells, while not contraband, assumes an incriminating nature in connection with the search for items such as assault rifles.”
• upholding denial of defendant’s motion to suppress the ammunition under plain view doctrine
• upholding the seizure of ammunition under warrant to seize rifles; “Am- munition such as shotgun shells, while not contraband, assumes an incriminating nature in connection with the search for items such as assault rifles.”
• summarizing cases where none of items seized, including empty ammunition box, large amount of money, and money and maps, was inherently incriminating, but in connection with crime being investigated, each item took on suspicious nature, giving officers probable cause to seize it
• “It is well established in this Circuit, however, that neither trial courts nor counsel should attempt to define ‘reasonable doubt’ for the jury.”
• “It is well established in this Circuit, however, that neither trial courts nor counsel should attempt to define ‘reasonable doubt’ for the jury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).