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· 9/13/1989

United States v. Kelvan Brown

Citations

  • 884 F.2d 1309
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 13624
  • 1989 WL 104016

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that a suspect’s “reluctance” to a search of his luggage “was not enough to indicate he had withdrawn his unambiguous statement of consent”
  • holding airline passenger voluntarily consented to a search of his checked luggage
  • applying without discussing clear error standard to district court’s conclusion on whether defendant’s actions were “enough to indicate he had withdrawn his unambiguous statement of consent”
  • no \seizure\ where brief detention of luggage would not have interfered with defendant's travel or frustrated his expectations with respect to his luggage

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Judges: Browning, Farris, Canby

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