· 5/2/1980
United States v. Luis Vargas
Citations
- 621 F.2d 54
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 17906
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that inadvertence requirement is unnecessary in cases of seizure of contraband
- “The use of a ruse by the agents to gain admission . . . after the issuance of the warrant was fully justified.”
- the ruse-entry, in addition to being unnecessary to obtain authority to enter the home to be searched, was justified, “[g]iven the huge amount of pure cocaine known to be in the apartment and the presence of innocent children[,] . . . to avoid a possible resort to violence”
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Judges: Mulligan, Oakes, Pollack
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