· 11/12/1968
United States v. Leah Joyce Teller
Citations
- 397 F.2d 494
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a purse placed on a bed was “merely another household item subject to the lawful execution of the search warrant” once the owner set it down and left the room
- reasoning the purse is not an extension of the person when the individual, who is not under arrest, puts the purse down and voluntarily walks away from it
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Judges: Schnackenberg, Fair-Child, Cummings
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