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· 4/12/1999

United States v. Lewis Samuel Gordon, Also Known as Chris Jonston

Citations

  • 173 F.3d 761
  • 1999 Colo. J. C.A.R. 2300
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 6917
  • 1999 WL 203154

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that, by voluntarily handing over his keys, defendant consented to the search of a locked container located inside of a larger bag that defendant was allowing police to search
  • finding that, by voluntarily handing over his keys, defendant consented to the search of a locked container located inside of a larger bag that defendant was allowing police to search
  • echoing that “a warrantless search must be supported by probable cause”
  • refusing to require disclosure of informant’s identity on the basis of “speculation”
  • defendant’s failure to object to a search of his locked bag after officer asked “can you open that” deemed significant to court’s finding that consent to search was voluntary

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Judges: Seymour, Baldock, Briscoe

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