· 5/8/1992
United States v. Orlando Caicedo-Llanos
Citations
- 960 F.2d 158
- 295 U.S. App. D.C. 99
- 1992 WL 59272
How courts have described this case
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- holding courts “are powerless to rule on Fourth Amendment rights which do not belong to the parties before [them]” and that a defendant cannot convincingly argue surprise in such circumstances because he carries the burden of proving the extent of his Fourth Amendment rights from the outset
- holding courts \are powerless to rule on Fourth Amendment rights which do not belong to the parties before [them]\ and that a defendant cannot convincingly argue surprise in such circumstances because he carries the burden of proving the extent of his Fourth Amendment rights from the outset
- declaring the personal nature of Fourth Amendment rights obligates the party asserting them to prove his rights were violated and may allow appellate consideration of questions of law, such as standing, which were neither pressed nor passed upon by the court below
- “Brady established the principle that a defendant has a due process right to request and receive evidence in the government’s possession” (emphasis added)
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Judges: Mikva, Sentelle, Henderson
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