· 2/27/1981
United States v. Jerry D. Wright
Citations
- 641 F.2d 602
- 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 19798
How courts have described this case
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- stating that a government agent does not engage in a search that implicates the Fourth Amendment if he observes incriminating evidence from a place he has a right to be
- upholding a seizure by one officer outside the scope of a search warrant because another officer involved in the search was aware of facts establishing probable cause
- upholding a seizure by one officer outside the scope of a search warrant because another officer involved in the search was aware of facts establishing probable cause
- special agent, tipped that defendant falsified firearm record and sold narcotics, feigned car trouble to gain entry to defendant’s motel room
- law enforcement posing as a motorist with car trouble
- knowledge of prior felony conviction
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Judges: Henley, McMILLIAN, Van Pelt
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