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· 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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