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· 10/21/1987

United States v. Jelili Olaose Giwa

Citations

  • 831 F.2d 538
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 14723

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “physical possession should not be the sole criterion . . . used to determine whether a personal item may be searched pursuant to a premises search warranty” but instead the better approach is to examine the “relationship between the person and the place”
  • long-term guest’s bag is within scope of warrant for credit card fraud

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Judges: Goldberg, Johnson, Williams

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