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· 8/23/1996

United States v. Michael Dale Fletcher

Citations

  • 91 F.3d 48

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the Leon exception was applicable to a subsequent warrant- authorized search of luggage when the initial detention of the luggage was a Fourth Amendment violation
  • the question is whether the facts are “close enough to the line of validity” that officers are entitled to a belief that they have complied with the law
  • detention of bag without reasonable suspicion violated the Constitution when criminal defendant revoked consent he previously had given for police officers to detain bag

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Judges: Wollman, Henley, Doty

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