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· 12/7/1990

United States v. Jimmy Lee Nixon, Richard Nixon, Michael Parks, Emmitt Lamar Manns, Henry L. Manns, Michael Keeley, Gerald Wells

Citations

  • 918 F.2d 895
  • 31 Fed. R. Serv. 920
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 20987

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the requirement of exigent circumstances is satisfied by the ready mobility inherent in all automobiles that reasonably appear to be capable of functioning
  • declining to resolve whether plain error applies when a defendant fails to raise a Napue objection in the district court
  • “[T]he practical nature of the magistrate’s decision justifies . . . upon review . . . upholding the magistrate’s findings even in marginal or doubtful cases.”
  • failure to object to use of term \conspiracy\ by expert witness when elicited on cross examination rendered complaint about later use of term reviewable under plain error standard
  • officer's use of \conspiracy\ factual, not legal determination

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Judges: Edmondson, Cox, Wisdom

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