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Ninth Circuit· 6/24/1977

United States v. Kurt Ernest Hellman

Citations

  • 556 F.2d 442
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12740

How courts have described this case

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  • inventory search unlawful where it was not the routine practice of the searching officer
  • inventory search conducted “for an investigatory police motive” is invalid
  • “The car was then towed to a private impounding facility.”

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Judges: Merrill, Sneed, Blumenfeld

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